# Banihari Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Banihari

Banihari is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,770 people in 379 households**, the 22nd largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,770people (2011)
- 379households
- 68.5%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banihari

Of every 100 households in Banihari in 2011, 56 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Banihari · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****4%**

**18%

Television ****9%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Banihari?

■ Banihari · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.5%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****899**

**955

Working population ****23.6%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.1% for men and 65.8% for women. 44% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 245 (59%) · **■** Farm labourers 135 (32%) · **■** Other work 10 (2%) · **■** Marginal 27 (6%)

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 Kushmundi

- Ekdala Bahirhata1,878 people
- Anantapur1,832 people
- Shikrishnapur1,786 people
- Deul1,781 people
- Balapukur1,736 people
- Mahipaldighi1,713 people
- Makail1,688 people
- Saraihat Bajedonor1,684 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banihari?1,770 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banihari in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banihari?68.5% (Census 2011)