# Beshia Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Beshia

Beshia is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **716 people in 168 households**, the 81st largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 716people (2011)
- 168households
- 82.9%literacy
- 869females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Beshia

Of every 100 households in Beshia in 2011, 70 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Beshia · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**75%

Use banking services ****37%**

**53%

Television ****22%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**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 Beshia?

■ Beshia · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.9%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****869**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****538**

**948

Working population ****32.8%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.6% for men and 73.4% for women. 54% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 150 (64%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (20%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 32 (14%)

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

- Panasol736 people
- Bhedomushal722 people
- Narayan Sundari718 people
- Baikunthapur716 people
- Rautara709 people
- Shyamnagar708 people
- Panchkula706 people
- Isabpur696 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Beshia?716 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Beshia in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Beshia?82.9% (Census 2011)