# Banchukumari Village, Cooch Behar - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Cooch Behar - II, Koch Bihar 

# Banchukumari

Banchukumari is a village in Cooch Behar - II sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,670 people in 657 households**, the 30th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.5%.

- 2,670people (2011)
- 657households
- 86.3%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banchukumari

Of every 100 households in Banchukumari in 2011, 53 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Banchukumari · ■ Cooch Behar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**30%

Tap water ****32%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**79%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**93%

Use banking services ****31%**

**35%

Television ****26%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**31%

Own their home ****93%**

**97%

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 Banchukumari?

■ Banchukumari · ■ Cooch Behar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.3%**

**80.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**908

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****994**

**966

Working population ****31.9%**

**37.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 82.6% for women. 54% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 176 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (7%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 491 (58%) · **■** Marginal 123 (14%)

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 Cooch Behar - II

- Maranadir Kuthi3,074 people
- Chapaguri2,882 people
- Ikarchala2,702 people
- Bhatlaguri2,685 people
- Dharma Barerkuthi2,646 people
- Putimari Baksibas2,638 people
- Konamalli2,633 people
- Uttar Shibpur2,530 people

[All 111 villages in Cooch Behar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/cooch-behar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banchukumari?2,670 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banchukumari in?Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banchukumari?86.3% (Census 2011)