# Baneshwar Village, Nalhati - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Nalhati - II, Birbhum 

# Baneshwar

Baneshwar is a village in Nalhati - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,364 people in 299 households**, the 28th largest of 48 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.7%.

- 1,364people (2011)
- 299households
- 76.7%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baneshwar

Of every 100 households in Baneshwar in 2011, 32 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baneshwar · ■ Nalhati - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**9%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****12%**

**48%

Television ****8%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****34%**

**49%

Own their home ****94%**

**94%

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 Baneshwar?

■ Baneshwar · ■ Nalhati - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.7%**

**71.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1057**

**954

Working population ****44.3%**

**35.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 71.8% for women. 56% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 78 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 102 (17%) · **■** Marginal 416 (69%)

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 Nalhati - II

- Salisanda1,767 people
- Sujapur1,654 people
- Ashuria1,493 people
- Kamalpur1,367 people
- Gokulpur1,283 people
- Akalipur1,256 people
- Purbagopalpur1,253 people
- Raypur1,173 people

[All 48 villages in Nalhati - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/nalhati-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baneshwar?1,364 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baneshwar in?Birbhum district (Nalhati - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baneshwar?76.7% (Census 2011)