# Samanta Bandi Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Samanta Bandi

Samanta Bandi is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **188 people in 40 households**, the 142nd largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 188people (2011)
- 40households
- 53.3%literacy
- 861females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samanta Bandi

Of every 100 households in Samanta Bandi in 2011, 58 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Samanta Bandi · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**37%

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

**18%

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

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****18%**

**75%

Use banking services ****0%**

**53%

Television ****2%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**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 Samanta Bandi?

■ Samanta Bandi · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.3%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****861**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1333**

**948

Working population ****60.6%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.8% for men and 45.3% for women. 65% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 109 (96%) · **■** Other work 4 (4%)

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

- Chakdhoyakure228 people
- Kutem Adhabpur209 people
- Kubir Bandh196 people
- Hurhurjangar189 people
- Dakshinsol176 people
- Gopdanga170 people
- Siltya164 people
- Paschim Nabasan150 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samanta Bandi?188 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samanta Bandi in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Samanta Bandi?53.3% (Census 2011)