# Bamantari Village, Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Bamantari

Bamantari is a village in Dhupguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,706 people in 590 households**, the 71st largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 2,706people (2011)
- 590households
- 78.2%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bamantari

Of every 100 households in Bamantari in 2011, 15 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bamantari · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**37%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**61%

Tap water ****1%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**56%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****53%**

**58%

Television ****11%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**78%

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 Bamantari?

■ Bamantari · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**962

Working population ****34.6%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 70.1% for women. 58% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 397 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 289 (31%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 73 (8%) · **■** Marginal 173 (19%)

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 Dhupguri

- Paschim Daukimari2,840 people
- Bhotpara2,812 people
- Garialtari2,746 people
- Tuklimari2,735 people
- Bagribari2,551 people
- Madhya Shalbari2,438 people
- Dambari2,408 people
- Kursamari2,400 people

[All 102 villages in Dhupguri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/dhupguri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bamantari?2,706 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bamantari in?Jalpaiguri district (Dhupguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bamantari?78.2% (Census 2011)