# Banahari Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Dubrajpur, Birbhum 

# Banahari

Banahari is a village in Dubrajpur sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **900 people in 199 households**, the 75th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 900people (2011)
- 199households
- 53.7%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banahari

Of every 100 households in Banahari in 2011, 36 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Banahari · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**14%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%**

**77%

Use banking services ****17%**

**51%

Television ****15%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Banahari?

■ Banahari · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.7%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**980

Working population ****32.4%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.4% for men and 40.7% for women. 53% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 92 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (26%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 34 (12%) · **■** Marginal 89 (30%)

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 Dubrajpur

- Kapastari958 people
- Bodakuri955 people
- Shibrautara954 people
- Barari913 people
- Khayerban887 people
- Baraban867 people
- Elema845 people
- Durllabhpur838 people

[All 227 villages in Dubrajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/dubrajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banahari?900 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banahari in?Birbhum district (Dubrajpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banahari?53.7% (Census 2011)