# Banshipur Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Banshipur

Banshipur is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,117 people in 301 households**, the 108th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 1,117people (2011)
- 301households
- 75.7%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banshipur

Of every 100 households in Banshipur in 2011, 55 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Banshipur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**48%

Tap water ****3%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****60%**

**84%

Use banking services ****69%**

**58%

Television ****42%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**18%

Own their home ****92%**

**96%

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 Banshipur?

■ Banshipur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**962

Working population ****46.6%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 69.9% for women. 69% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 87 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 144 (28%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 55 (11%) · **■** Marginal 233 (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 Dhaniakhali

- Gangarampur1,171 people
- Paschim Keshabpur1,166 people
- Jamdara1,153 people
- Bathangaria1,124 people
- Dharampur1,115 people
- Deluara1,114 people
- Baharampur1,112 people
- Ghana Shyampur1,101 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banshipur?1,117 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banshipur in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banshipur?75.7% (Census 2011)