# Bangjita Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Bangjita

Bangjita is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,298 people in 340 households**, the 39th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 1,298people (2011)
- 340households
- 71.4%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bangjita

Of every 100 households in Bangjita in 2011, 47 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bangjita · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**85%

Use banking services ****62%**

**57%

Television ****31%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**33%

Own their home ****93%**

**95%

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 Bangjita?

■ Bangjita · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.4%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**961

Working population ****41.9%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.7% for men and 64.6% for women. 59% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 85 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 159 (29%) · **■** Other work 142 (26%) · **■** Marginal 158 (29%)

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 Sainthia

- Paschim Sahapur1,358 people
- Bataspur1,348 people
- Pariharpur1,336 people
- Dahira1,312 people
- Mitrapur1,267 people
- Barasangra1,253 people
- Kaluraypur1,240 people
- Ikra1,231 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bangjita?1,298 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bangjita in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bangjita?71.4% (Census 2011)