# Benodpur Village, Kanksa, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman 

# Benodpur

Benodpur is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **570 people in 135 households**, the 54th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 570people (2011)
- 135households
- 66.4%literacy
- 833females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benodpur

Of every 100 households in Benodpur in 2011, 48 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Benodpur · ■ Kanksa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**68%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

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

**38%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****58%**

**70%

Use banking services ****98%**

**68%

Television ****21%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Benodpur?

■ Benodpur · ■ Kanksa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.4%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****833**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****486**

**976

Working population ****63.0%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.6% for men and 54.8% for women. 58% of men and 69% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 9 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 336 (94%)

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

- Dihibeta609 people
- Thakuranibazar609 people
- Phuljhuri608 people
- Jamban580 people
- Nabagram549 people
- Saraswatiganja533 people
- Bramhangram505 people
- Hariki503 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benodpur?570 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benodpur in?Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benodpur?66.4% (Census 2011)