# Benauda Village, Bhagawanpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhagawanpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Benauda

Benauda is a village in Bhagawanpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,097 people in 255 households**, the 72nd largest of 164 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 88.4%.

- 1,097people (2011)
- 255households
- 77.0%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benauda

Of every 100 households in Benauda in 2011, 41 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benauda · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**10%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**3%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****2%**

**38%

Television ****1%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**33%

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 Benauda?

■ Benauda · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**88.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**934

Working population ****43.1%**

**38.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 70.4% for women. 55% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 14 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 29 (6%) · **■** Marginal 421 (89%)

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 Bhagawanpur - I

- Jali Gopinathpur1,172 people
- Deuri Bar1,163 people
- Paik Bheri1,124 people
- Tajpur1,112 people
- Unal1,053 people
- Siulipur1,026 people
- Betulia Bar973 people
- Gopalpur971 people

[All 165 villages in Bhagawanpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/bhagawanpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benauda?1,097 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benauda in?Purba Medinipur district (Bhagawanpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benauda?77.0% (Census 2011)