# Benasol Village, Kharagpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kharagpur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Benasol

Benasol is a village in Kharagpur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **185 people in 38 households**, the 185th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 185people (2011)
- 38households
- 74.7%literacy
- 1,102females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benasol

Of every 100 households in Benasol in 2011, 79 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benasol · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**34%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**41%

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

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**83%

Use banking services ****18%**

**46%

Television ****26%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**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 Benasol?

■ Benasol · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1102**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****353**

**971

Working population ****36.8%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 68.1% for women. 51% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 15 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (56%) · **■** Other work 12 (18%) · **■** Marginal 3 (4%)

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

- Purbagaighata205 people
- Charipal200 people
- Dewanmara No II195 people
- Bhalukkhulia190 people
- Kusumabag184 people
- Japli178 people
- Kismatballa170 people
- Jalkadanga169 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 Benasol?185 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benasol in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benasol?74.7% (Census 2011)