# Benga Chatra Village, Nanoor, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Nanoor, Birbhum 

# Benga Chatra

Benga Chatra is a village in Nanoor sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,802 people in 418 households**, the 41st largest of 130 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 1,802people (2011)
- 418households
- 72.2%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benga Chatra

Of every 100 households in Benga Chatra in 2011, 46 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Benga Chatra · ■ Nanoor rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**72%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**23%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**91%

Use banking services ****53%**

**61%

Television ****33%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**33%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Benga Chatra?

■ Benga Chatra · ■ Nanoor rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****980**

**968

Working population ****44.0%**

**37.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.5% for men and 67.7% for women. 61% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 71 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 242 (31%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 203 (26%) · **■** Marginal 261 (33%)

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 Nanoor

- Kuramba Ghosh1,965 people
- Chandipur1,964 people
- Khala1,842 people
- Bandar1,839 people
- Nurpur1,781 people
- Pundara1,741 people
- Patnil1,731 people
- Shakbaha1,727 people

[All 137 villages in Nanoor](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/nanoor/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benga Chatra?1,802 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benga Chatra in?Birbhum district (Nanoor sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benga Chatra?72.2% (Census 2011)