# Uttar Bengai Village, Midnapore – Population & Literacy

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Village · Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur 

# Uttar Bengai

Uttar Bengai is a village in Midnapore sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **274 people in 60 households**, the 167th largest of 232 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 274people (2011)
- 60households
- 86.6%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Bengai

Of every 100 households in Uttar Bengai in 2011, 23 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Uttar Bengai · ■ Midnapore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

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

**18%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****2%**

**32%

Television ****0%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Uttar Bengai?

■ Uttar Bengai · ■ Midnapore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.6%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****724**

**968

Working population ****32.1%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.4% for men and 81.5% for women. 55% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (88%) · **■** Household industry 3 (3%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 6 (7%)

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 Midnapore

- Badhi290 people
- Kankabati287 people
- Bagagerya280 people
- Narayanpur279 people
- Bhagabatichak272 people
- Patlaika263 people
- Rataribar259 people
- Baharbarua257 people

[All 271 villages in Midnapore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/midnapore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uttar Bengai?274 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Bengai in?Paschim Medinipur district (Midnapore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Bengai?86.6% (Census 2011)