# Benathali Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Benathali

Benathali is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,352 people in 333 households**, the 85th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 1,352people (2011)
- 333households
- 72.6%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benathali

Of every 100 households in Benathali in 2011, 33 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benathali · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**48%

Tap water ****0%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**84%

Use banking services ****28%**

**58%

Television ****20%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Benathali?

■ Benathali · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.6%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**962

Working population ****48.2%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 66.1% for women. 65% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 92 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 414 (63%) · **■** Household industry 24 (4%) · **■** Other work 118 (18%) · **■** Marginal 4 (1%)

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

- Katgara1,431 people
- Kansaripur1,400 people
- Balidaha1,376 people
- Bajitpur1,356 people
- Dakshin Mogalpur1,348 people
- Jerur1,345 people
- Paschim Kalikapur1,341 people
- Simla1,337 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benathali?1,352 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benathali in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benathali?72.6% (Census 2011)