# Bankati Village, Kanksa, Barddhaman (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman 

# Bankati

Bankati is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,255 people in 294 households**, the 35th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 1,255people (2011)
- 294households
- 71.5%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bankati

Of every 100 households in Bankati in 2011, 40 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bankati · ■ Kanksa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**68%

Tap water ****4%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**70%

Use banking services ****19%**

**68%

Television ****23%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****36%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Bankati?

■ Bankati · ■ Kanksa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1049**

**976

Working population ****50.7%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 63.4% for women. 64% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 84 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (11%) · **■** Household industry 29 (5%) · **■** Other work 141 (22%) · **■** Marginal 309 (49%)

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 Kanksa

- Sokna1,371 people
- Manikara1,348 people
- Sundiara1,300 people
- Basudebpur1,285 people
- Kandarkona1,253 people
- Radhamohanpur1,174 people
- Piariganj1,146 people
- Raghunathpur988 people

[All 82 villages in Kanksa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kanksa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bankati?1,255 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bankati in?Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bankati?71.5% (Census 2011)