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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Banshbari

Banshbari is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **713 people in 193 households**, the 109th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 713people (2011)
- 193households
- 65.0%literacy
- 1,091females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banshbari

Of every 100 households in Banshbari in 2011, 34 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Banshbari · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****61%**

**18%

Television ****9%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**24%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Banshbari?

■ Banshbari · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.0%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1091**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****980**

**955

Working population ****29.6%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.4% for men and 59.3% for women. 53% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 84 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (46%) · **■** Other work 20 (9%) · **■** Marginal 10 (5%)

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

- Chakmaha741 people
- Acharul729 people
- Bhajna729 people
- Deulbari715 people
- Akcha711 people
- Baraidanga704 people
- Serpur692 people
- Choragachhi691 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banshbari?713 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banshbari in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banshbari?65.0% (Census 2011)