# Bena Village, Hasnabad – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Hasnabad, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bena

Bena is a village in Hasnabad sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,318 people in 810 households**, the 20th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 3,318people (2011)
- 810households
- 56.7%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bena

Of every 100 households in Bena in 2011, 0 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bena · ■ Hasnabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**31%

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

**62%

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

**34%

Tap water ****32%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**13%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****18%**

**40%

Television ****2%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****72%**

**40%

Own their home ****88%**

**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 Bena?

■ Bena · ■ Hasnabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.7%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**967

Working population ****40.4%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.3% for men and 51.1% for women. 60% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 44 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 303 (23%) · **■** Household industry 356 (27%) · **■** Other work 433 (32%) · **■** Marginal 203 (15%)

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 Hasnabad

- Takipur3,712 people
- Amlani3,626 people
- Rameswarpur3,463 people
- Hasnabad3,412 people
- Kuliadanga Abad3,309 people
- Kharampurabad3,114 people
- Chalitabaria3,018 people
- Asharianarayanpur2,980 people

[All 74 villages in Hasnabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/hasnabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bena?3,318 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bena in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Hasnabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bena?56.7% (Census 2011)