# Banka Boalia Village, Chandipur, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chandipur, Purba Medinipur 

# Banka Boalia

Banka Boalia is a village in Chandipur sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,183 people in 246 households**, the 52nd largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 1,183people (2011)
- 246households
- 91.1%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banka Boalia

Of every 100 households in Banka Boalia in 2011, 27 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Banka Boalia · ■ Chandipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**8%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

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

**4%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****22%**

**30%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**28%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Banka Boalia?

■ Banka Boalia · ■ Chandipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.1%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986**

**925

Working population ****33.7%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.6% for men and 85.3% for women. 61% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 143 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (13%) · **■** Household industry 13 (3%) · **■** Other work 58 (15%) · **■** Marginal 133 (33%)

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 Chandipur

- Chintamanipur1,272 people
- Hinchi1,241 people
- Kayal Chak1,240 people
- Gazipur1,232 people
- Rampur Ist Part1,106 people
- Purusottampur1,102 people
- Uttar Barbari1,078 people
- Barbanki1,074 people

[All 112 villages in Chandipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/chandipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banka Boalia?1,183 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banka Boalia in?Purba Medinipur district (Chandipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banka Boalia?91.1% (Census 2011)