# Benachapra Village, Sarenga, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sarenga, Bankura 

# Benachapra

Benachapra is a village in Sarenga sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **182 people in 38 households**, the 124th largest of 153 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.3%.

- 182people (2011)
- 38households
- 56.3%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benachapra

Of every 100 households in Benachapra in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Benachapra · ■ Sarenga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**48%

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

**13%

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

**86%

Tap water ****3%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**23%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****29%**

**53%

Television ****0%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Benachapra?

■ Benachapra · ■ Sarenga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.3%**

**74.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1500**

**938

Working population ****57.7%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.9% for men and 40.7% for women. 53% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 20 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (3%) · **■** Other work 4 (4%) · **■** Marginal 78 (74%)

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

- Jhatipahari197 people
- Balguma196 people
- Jhulisol192 people
- Bhalukkhunya183 people
- Nekrapahari182 people
- Bhalukchira181 people
- Baramaliara175 people
- Habra175 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benachapra?182 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benachapra in?Bankura district (Sarenga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benachapra?56.3% (Census 2011)