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

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Bengra

Bengra is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,158 people in 261 households**, the 50th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 1,158people (2011)
- 261households
- 59.8%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bengra

Of every 100 households in Bengra in 2011, 34 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bengra · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**82%

Tap water ****5%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**85%

Use banking services ****66%**

**57%

Television ****22%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**33%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Bengra?

■ Bengra · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.8%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****737**

**961

Working population ****49.4%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.3% for men and 52.9% for women. 66% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 71 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 160 (28%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 107 (19%) · **■** Marginal 231 (40%)

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

- Juita1,203 people
- Uttar Amarpur1,192 people
- Harisara1,187 people
- Uttar Bangaon1,160 people
- Markola1,125 people
- Phulur1,117 people
- Uttar Tilpara1,113 people
- Kusumdihi1,111 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bengra?1,158 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bengra in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bengra?59.8% (Census 2011)