# Banara Village, Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Banara

Banara is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,114 people in 290 households**, the 32nd largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 1,114people (2011)
- 290households
- 67.7%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banara

Of every 100 households in Banara in 2011, 23 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Banara · ■ Hilli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**86%

Use banking services ****72%**

**36%

Television ****16%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****56%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Banara?

■ Banara · ■ Hilli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.7%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**966

Working population ****51.4%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.8% for men and 61.0% for women. 59% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 58 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 190 (33%) · **■** Household industry 66 (12%) · **■** Other work 118 (21%) · **■** Marginal 141 (25%)

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 Hilli

- Dabra1,187 people
- Purbba Mustafapur1,169 people
- Ujal1,158 people
- Tior1,133 people
- Lakma1,036 people
- Dharanda1,017 people
- Panjul1,014 people
- Balpara980 people

[All 82 villages in Hilli](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/hilli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banara?1,114 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banara?67.7% (Census 2011)