# Benua Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Benua

Benua is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **148 people in 29 households**, the 463rd largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 148people (2011)
- 29households
- 64.0%literacy
- 1,056females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benua

Of every 100 households in Benua in 2011, 0 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benua · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****0%**

**58%

Television ****0%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**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 Benua?

■ Benua · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.0%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1056**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1300**

**960

Working population ****29.1%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.7% for men and 68.3% for women. 56% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 7 (16%) · **■** Marginal 31 (72%)

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 Keshpur

- Herya154 people
- Bagmari153 people
- Jamunaber150 people
- Uttar Gerya149 people
- Hurunuru145 people
- Beucha141 people
- Chhitka141 people
- Emua137 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benua?148 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benua in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benua?64.0% (Census 2011)