Village · Rampurhat - I, Birbhum
# Banhat

Banhat is a village in Rampurhat - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,892 people in 662 households, the 18th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.
- 2,892 people (2011)
- 662 households
- 76.9% literacy
- 944 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banhat

Of every 100 households in Banhat in 2011, 54 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Banhat · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 54% 36%
- Toilet within the home 26% 20%
- No toilet (open defecation) 74% 80%
- Tap water 23% 9%
- Drinking water within premises 24% 15%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 78% 87%
- Use banking services 30% 43%
- Television 34% 19%
- Mobile phone 42% 30%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 10% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 1%
- None of these assets 23% 35%
- Own their home 94% 92%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Banhat?

■ Banhat · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 76.9% 73.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 944 963
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 881 945
- Working population 33.3% 40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 73.3% for women. 58% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 226 (23%) · ■ Farm labourers 170 (18%) · ■ Household industry 9 (1%) · ■ Other work 424 (44%) · ■ Marginal 135 (14%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Rampurhat - I
- Ekpara 3,367 people
- Shrikrishnapur Pakhuria 3,189 people
- Barshal 3,148 people
- Chandpur 3,012 people
- Masra 2,863 people
- Saipur 2,826 people
- Kusumba 2,762 people
- Baidara 2,661 people

All 119 villages in Rampurhat - I

## Other places named Banhat
- Banhat · Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur · 885 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Banhat? 2,892 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banhat in? Birbhum district (Rampurhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banhat? 76.9% (Census 2011)

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