# Banshkhopa Village, Sarenga, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sarenga, Bankura 

# Banshkhopa

Banshkhopa is a village in Sarenga sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **497 people in 129 households**, the 76th largest of 153 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.3%.

- 497people (2011)
- 129households
- 74.4%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banshkhopa

Of every 100 households in Banshkhopa in 2011, 48 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Banshkhopa · ■ Sarenga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**23%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****36%**

**95%

Use banking services ****37%**

**53%

Television ****14%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**22%

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 Banshkhopa?

■ Banshkhopa · ■ Sarenga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**74.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**938

Working population ****46.3%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.3% for men and 61.0% for women. 59% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 39 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 27 (12%) · **■** Other work 31 (13%) · **■** Marginal 131 (57%)

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 Sarenga

- Chhotagarra510 people
- Hatbari510 people
- Basudebpur506 people
- Parashia499 people
- Kuchlaghati489 people
- Kayma476 people
- Malibana473 people
- Beruabaid469 people

[All 166 villages in Sarenga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sarenga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banshkhopa?497 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banshkhopa in?Bankura district (Sarenga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banshkhopa?74.4% (Census 2011)