# Ban Parulia Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Ban Parulia

Ban Parulia is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,461 people in 282 households**, the 35th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 1,461people (2011)
- 282households
- 72.6%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ban Parulia

Of every 100 households in Ban Parulia in 2011, 31 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ban Parulia · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**75%

Use banking services ****69%**

**53%

Television ****10%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**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 Ban Parulia?

■ Ban Parulia · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.6%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****760**

**948

Working population ****36.3%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 63.4% for women. 59% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 304 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (18%) · **■** Other work 35 (7%) · **■** Marginal 95 (18%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Beloa1,545 people
- Mahanpur1,544 people
- Palshare1,525 people
- Chakai1,476 people
- Purba Nabasan1,446 people
- Bara1,421 people
- Amshol1,389 people
- Purba Nandarampur1,376 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ban Parulia?1,461 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ban Parulia in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ban Parulia?72.6% (Census 2011)