# Bantosha Village, Haroa – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Haroa, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bantosha

Bantosha is a village in Haroa sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **758 people in 164 households**, the 74th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 758people (2011)
- 164households
- 79.2%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bantosha

Of every 100 households in Bantosha in 2011, 44 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bantosha · ■ Haroa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****79%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**15%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**32%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**94%

Use banking services ****29%**

**39%

Television ****24%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bantosha?

■ Bantosha · ■ Haroa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.2%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1105**

**947

Working population ****35.8%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 68.7% for women. 63% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 58 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 131 (48%) · **■** Household industry 7 (3%) · **■** Other work 58 (21%) · **■** Marginal 17 (6%)

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 Haroa

- Indali858 people
- Kulgachhi849 people
- Tentulia Abad816 people
- Mondalhat810 people
- Dakshin Ranigachhi706 people
- Chatra704 people
- Payragachha687 people
- Kalianai679 people

[All 90 villages in Haroa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/haroa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bantosha?758 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bantosha in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Haroa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bantosha?79.2% (Census 2011)