# Khaer Bani Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Khaer Bani

Khaer Bani is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **744 people in 176 households**, the 75th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 744people (2011)
- 176households
- 59.5%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khaer Bani

Of every 100 households in Khaer Bani in 2011, 22 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khaer Bani · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**81%

Tap water ****6%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**75%

Use banking services ****87%**

**53%

Television ****11%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Khaer Bani?

■ Khaer Bani · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.5%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1472**

**948

Working population ****46.0%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 45.1% for women. 64% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 73 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 144 (42%) · **■** Other work 25 (7%) · **■** Marginal 100 (29%)

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

- Paschim Patrahati820 people
- Goursunderpur819 people
- Sonamukhi797 people
- Gopinathpur753 people
- Parbbatia738 people
- Panasol736 people
- Bhedomushal722 people
- Narayan Sundari718 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khaer Bani?744 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khaer Bani in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khaer Bani?59.5% (Census 2011)