# Banidas, Dinhata - I, Koch Bihar – Population & Literacy

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Village · Dinhata - I, Koch Bihar 

# Banidas

Banidas is a village in [Dinhata - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/dinhata-i/) sub-district of [Koch Bihar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **736 people in 170 households**, the 96th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 736people (2011)
- 170households
- 61.4%literacy
- 868females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banidas

Of every 100 households in Banidas in 2011, 0 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Banidas · ■ Dinhata - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**64%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**35%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****99%**

**88%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****6%**

**49%

Television ****0%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**34%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Banidas?

■ Banidas · ■ Dinhata - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.4%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****868**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****722**

**949

Working population ****32.1%**

**39.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.9% for men and 54.1% for women. 54% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 157 (67%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (14%) · **■** Other work 38 (16%) · **■** Marginal 9 (4%)

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 Dinhata - I

- Chhota Nachina803 people
- Kuchni Dwitia Khanda799 people
- Haridaskhamar780 people
- Dwaria772 people
- Dewanbas677 people
- Ghugumari670 people
- Kharija Bora Danga661 people
- Jotesri Narayan659 people

[All 130 villages in Dinhata - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/dinhata-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banidas?736 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banidas in?Koch Bihar district (Dinhata - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banidas?61.4% (Census 2011)