# Benapur Village, Memari - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Memari - I, Barddhaman 

# Benapur

Benapur is a village in Memari - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,277 people in 318 households**, the 62nd largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 1,277people (2011)
- 318households
- 55.6%literacy
- 1,037females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benapur

Of every 100 households in Benapur in 2011, 31 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benapur · ■ Memari - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**43%

Tap water ****0%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**37%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****26%**

**74%

Use banking services ****12%**

**39%

Television ****9%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****41%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Benapur?

■ Benapur · ■ Memari - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.6%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1037**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****932**

**973

Working population ****43.4%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.7% for men and 51.6% for women. 60% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 177 (32%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 72 (13%) · **■** Marginal 243 (44%)

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 Memari - I

- Durgadanga1,362 people
- Sekhpur1,344 people
- Bharpota1,325 people
- Baharampur1,278 people
- Shyamnagar1,234 people
- Talchini1,230 people
- Shura1,208 people
- Mallikpur1,124 people

[All 112 villages in Memari - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/memari-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benapur?1,277 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benapur in?Barddhaman district (Memari - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benapur?55.6% (Census 2011)