# Bamnishala Village, Saltora, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Saltora, Bankura 

# Bamnishala

Bamnishala is a village in Saltora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **307 people in 58 households**, the 121st largest of 145 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.5%.

- 307people (2011)
- 58households
- 44.0%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bamnishala

Of every 100 households in Bamnishala in 2011, 12 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bamnishala · ■ Saltora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**7%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**66%

Use banking services ****22%**

**45%

Television ****2%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**36%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Bamnishala?

■ Bamnishala · ■ Saltora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.0%**

**61.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****778**

**939

Working population ****46.6%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.1% for men and 33.3% for women. 50% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 119 (83%) · **■** Marginal 22 (15%)

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 Saltora

- Majura Kundi355 people
- Beriathol350 people
- Binoddihi350 people
- Pathardihi331 people
- Binodpur302 people
- Damodarpur295 people
- Chaukhuri294 people
- Hirerban293 people

[All 157 villages in Saltora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/saltora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bamnishala?307 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bamnishala in?Bankura district (Saltora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bamnishala?44.0% (Census 2011)