# Benagaria Village, Kharagpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kharagpur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Benagaria

Benagaria is a village in Kharagpur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **89 people in 19 households**, the 208th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 89people (2011)
- 19households
- 62.0%literacy
- 1,023females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benagaria

Of every 100 households in Benagaria in 2011, 84 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benagaria · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****63%**

**34%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**41%

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

**9%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****100%**

**46%

Television ****0%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****0%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Benagaria?

■ Benagaria · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.0%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1023**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1500**

**971

Working population ****57.3%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 43.6% for women. 66% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 3 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (47%) · **■** Other work 19 (37%) · **■** Marginal 5 (10%)

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 Kharagpur - I

- Chitrapathar96 people
- Hajichak95 people
- D0Mgaria94 people
- Dainmari90 people
- Rautasol87 people
- Agarpara86 people
- Dubra78 people
- Jadabpur72 people

[All 268 villages in Kharagpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benagaria?89 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benagaria in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benagaria?62.0% (Census 2011)