Village · Simlapal, Bankura
# Bankhola

Bankhola is a village in Simlapal sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 525 people in 100 households, the 103rd largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.4%.
- 525 people (2011)
- 100 households
- 69.8% literacy
- 989 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bankhola

Of every 100 households in Bankhola in 2011, 18 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bankhola · ■ Simlapal rural average
- Electricity for lighting 18% 39%
- Toilet within the home 3% 10%
- No toilet (open defecation) 97% 90%
- Tap water 0% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 5% 18%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 84%
- Use banking services 31% 52%
- Television 8% 16%
- Mobile phone 22% 34%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 9%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 19% 24%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Bankhola?

■ Bankhola · ■ Simlapal rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 69.8% 68.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 989 960
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1000 960
- Working population 49.3% 40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 55.0% for women. 58% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 13 (5%) · ■ Farm labourers 2 (1%) · ■ Household industry 6 (2%) · ■ Other work 12 (5%) · ■ Marginal 226 (87%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Simlapal
- Amakunda 536 people
- Tushkutari 534 people
- Taldiha 529 people
- Rasikpur 527 people
- Kathjuria 523 people
- Hariharpur 514 people
- Ekaria Jambani 512 people
- Sonakanda 512 people

All 202 villages in Simlapal

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Bankhola? 525 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bankhola in? Bankura district (Simlapal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bankhola? 69.8% (Census 2011)

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