# Banbhum Village, Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur 

# Banbhum

Banbhum is a village in Jamboni sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **128 people in 32 households**, the 223rd largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.6%.

- 128people (2011)
- 32households
- 65.1%literacy
- 1,246females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banbhum

Of every 100 households in Banbhum in 2011, 0 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Banbhum · ■ Jamboni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**26%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**98%

Use banking services ****16%**

**25%

Television ****3%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**23%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Banbhum?

■ Banbhum · ■ Jamboni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.1%**

**72.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1246**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****727**

**960

Working population ****59.4%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.7% for men and 60.3% for women. 67% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 6 (8%) · **■** Other work 6 (8%) · **■** Marginal 64 (84%)

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 Jamboni

- Phaguasol140 people
- Bhanga Bandi139 people
- Nachnaguri139 people
- Salbani132 people
- Chutia128 people
- Genrua126 people
- Kherya Para125 people
- Mahuli121 people

[All 338 villages in Jamboni](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jamboni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banbhum?128 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banbhum in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jamboni sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banbhum?65.1% (Census 2011)