Village · Vishnupur, Bankura
# Bangele

Bangele is a village in Vishnupur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 495 people in 100 households, the 95th largest of 147 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.
- 495 people (2011)
- 100 households
- 48.8% literacy
- 941 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bangele

Of every 100 households in Bangele in 2011, 31 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bangele · ■ Vishnupur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 31% 36%
- Toilet within the home 0% 15%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 85%
- Tap water 0% 7%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 24%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 87%
- Use banking services 100% 62%
- Television 8% 16%
- Mobile phone 34% 33%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 5% 8%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 2% 16%
- Own their home 99% 98%

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

## What is the population of Bangele?

■ Bangele · ■ Vishnupur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 48.8% 66.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 941 962
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 968 985
- Working population 59.2% 42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.4% for men and 33.3% for women. 56% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 34 (12%) · ■ Farm labourers 72 (25%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 6 (2%) · ■ Marginal 180 (61%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Vishnupur
- Pedda 511 people
- Upar Amdahara 501 people
- Mathura Bihari 498 people
- Karoan 496 people
- Kamar Pukur 491 people
- Chandabila 490 people
- Dhabani 488 people
- Benabendi 474 people

All 161 villages in Vishnupur

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Bangele? 495 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bangele in? Bankura district (Vishnupur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bangele? 48.8% (Census 2011)

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