# Prakash Village, Vishnupur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Vishnupur, Bankura 

# Prakash

Prakash is a village in Vishnupur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,707 people in 552 households**, the 11th largest of 147 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 2,707people (2011)
- 552households
- 63.4%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Prakash

Of every 100 households in Prakash in 2011, 34 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Prakash · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**36%

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

**15%

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

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**87%

Use banking services ****87%**

**62%

Television ****20%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**16%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Prakash?

■ Prakash · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.4%**

**66.3%

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

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1126**

**985

Working population ****41.3%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.1% for men and 56.5% for women. 60% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 286 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 364 (33%) · **■** Household industry 64 (6%) · **■** Other work 129 (12%) · **■** Marginal 274 (25%)

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

- Bhara2,970 people
- Ajodhya2,862 people
- Beliara2,812 people
- Joykrishnapur2,749 people
- Chhota Bankadaha2,641 people
- Shyamsundarpur2,527 people
- Janta2,441 people
- Dwarika2,366 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Prakash?2,707 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Prakash in?Bankura district (Vishnupur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Prakash?63.4% (Census 2011)