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

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Benya

Benya is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,284 people in 303 households**, the 38th largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 1,284people (2011)
- 303households
- 72.3%literacy
- 1,054females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benya

Of every 100 households in Benya in 2011, 36 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benya · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**34%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**20%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****59%**

**50%

Television ****15%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**18%

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 Benya?

■ Benya · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1054**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**988

Working population ****64.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 66.0% for women. 66% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 136 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 300 (36%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 33 (4%) · **■** Marginal 351 (43%)

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

- Bagabanpur1,345 people
- Hijalda1,344 people
- Haipat1,334 people
- Bankakul1,287 people
- Bhagaban Basan1,284 people
- Khamra1,253 people
- Shanrpur1,252 people
- Dhenga1,250 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benya?1,284 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benya in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benya?72.3% (Census 2011)