# Banhat Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Banhat

Banhat is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **885 people in 206 households**, the 95th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 885people (2011)
- 206households
- 60.0%literacy
- 1,021females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banhat

Of every 100 households in Banhat in 2011, 24 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Banhat · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****54%**

**41%

Television ****19%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****29%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Banhat?

■ Banhat · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.0%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1273**

**965

Working population ****43.4%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.7% for men and 54.2% for women. 62% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 45 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 102 (27%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 62 (16%) · **■** Marginal 172 (45%)

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 Balurghat

- Bhatpara917 people
- Paschim Thakurpur899 people
- Kalaibari891 people
- Mahadipur888 people
- Kamalpur877 people
- Chak Ramprosad870 people
- Margram870 people
- Kuchila864 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banhat?885 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banhat in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banhat?60.0% (Census 2011)