# Benagarya Village, Mejhia, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Mejhia, Bankura 

# Benagarya

Benagarya is a village in Mejhia sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **272 people in 54 households**, the 61st largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 272people (2011)
- 54households
- 81.7%literacy
- 1,030females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benagarya

Of every 100 households in Benagarya in 2011, 91 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benagarya · ■ Mejhia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****9%**

**52%

Use banking services ****17%**

**36%

Television ****20%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Benagarya?

■ Benagarya · ■ Mejhia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.7%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1030**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**937

Working population ****33.8%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.2% for men and 69.6% for women. 63% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 42 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (5%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 4 (4%) · **■** Marginal 40 (43%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Mejhia

- Raydi395 people
- Shaltora362 people
- Shyampur283 people
- Indara275 people
- Murra265 people
- Bhabanipur264 people
- Damodar Mohan252 people
- Bhului249 people

[All 75 villages in Mejhia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/mejhia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benagarya?272 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benagarya in?Bankura district (Mejhia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benagarya?81.7% (Census 2011)