# Banshda Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Banshda

Banshda is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,244 people in 284 households**, the 44th largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 1,244people (2011)
- 284households
- 79.2%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banshda

Of every 100 households in Banshda in 2011, 36 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Banshda · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**34%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****39%**

**50%

Television ****27%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Banshda?

■ Banshda · ■ Debra rural average

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

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1028**

**988

Working population ****35.9%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 73.2% for women. 57% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 51 (11%) · **■** Marginal 358 (80%)

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 Debra

- Khamra1,253 people
- Shanrpur1,252 people
- Dhenga1,250 people
- Patna1,248 people
- Biju1,236 people
- Tangaishri1,235 people
- Chak Kunar1,199 people
- Dandeswar1,199 people

[All 477 villages in Debra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/debra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banshda?1,244 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banshda in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banshda?79.2% (Census 2011)