# Benachapra Village, Vishnupur, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Vishnupur, Bankura 

# Benachapra

Benachapra is a village in Vishnupur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,262 people in 294 households**, the 43rd largest of 147 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 1,262people (2011)
- 294households
- 69.9%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benachapra

Of every 100 households in Benachapra in 2011, 22 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Benachapra · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**87%

Use banking services ****33%**

**62%

Television ****19%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**16%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Benachapra?

■ Benachapra · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.9%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****978**

**985

Working population ****38.7%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 60.4% for women. 55% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 38 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 43 (9%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 320 (65%) · **■** Marginal 82 (17%)

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 Vishnupur

- Kulaijuri1,366 people
- Majdiha1,344 people
- Chakdaha1,339 people
- Harinagar1,334 people
- Dharampur1,239 people
- Gopalpur1,223 people
- Chanchar1,141 people
- Joyrampur1,129 people

[All 161 villages in Vishnupur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/vishnupur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benachapra?1,262 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benachapra in?Bankura district (Vishnupur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benachapra?69.9% (Census 2011)