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

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Village · Mejhia, Bankura 

# Benathol

Benathol is a village in Mejhia sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **534 people in 92 households**, the 50th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 534people (2011)
- 92households
- 56.0%literacy
- 900females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benathol

Of every 100 households in Benathol in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Benathol · ■ Mejhia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**52%

Use banking services ****7%**

**36%

Television ****0%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**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 Benathol?

■ Benathol · ■ Mejhia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.0%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****900**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1081**

**937

Working population ****44.6%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.7% for men and 38.0% for women. 51% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 45 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 84 (35%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 103 (43%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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

- Moshnekonda633 people
- Nandanpur628 people
- Debagram620 people
- Parulia563 people
- Benabad499 people
- Jujghati494 people
- Janakpur455 people
- Kendut448 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benathol?534 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benathol in?Bankura district (Mejhia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benathol?56.0% (Census 2011)