# Benajira Village, Onda, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Onda, Bankura 

# Benajira

Benajira is a village in Onda sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **438 people in 87 households**, the 183rd largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.8%.

- 438people (2011)
- 87households
- 72.5%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benajira

Of every 100 households in Benajira in 2011, 43 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Benajira · ■ Onda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**19%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****2%**

**70%

Use banking services ****81%**

**58%

Television ****22%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

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

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Benajira?

■ Benajira · ■ Onda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**65.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****765**

**937

Working population ****35.4%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.1% for men and 65.8% for women. 56% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 63 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 60 (39%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 26 (17%) · **■** Marginal 5 (3%)

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 Onda

- Patra Hati451 people
- Ramar Chun Puan450 people
- Baidyanathpur444 people
- Jambedya440 people
- Chak Muktapur434 people
- Chandramonipur426 people
- Chaulabad424 people
- Shirsha424 people

[All 291 villages in Onda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/onda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benajira?438 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benajira in?Bankura district (Onda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benajira?72.5% (Census 2011)