# Bankaberya Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Bankaberya

Bankaberya is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **851 people in 201 households**, the 69th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 851people (2011)
- 201households
- 93.7%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bankaberya

Of every 100 households in Bankaberya in 2011, 80 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bankaberya · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****2%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**91%

Use banking services ****64%**

**43%

Television ****38%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**25%

Own their home ****94%**

**96%

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 Bankaberya?

■ Bankaberya · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.7%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****913**

**956

Working population ****32.0%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.5% for men and 89.6% for women. 56% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 24 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 86 (32%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 148 (54%) · **■** Marginal 11 (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 Contai - I

- Damudarpur901 people
- Palta Beria901 people
- Deshdatta Bar885 people
- Rangamalput865 people
- Raghusardar Bar Jalpai824 people
- Rautara822 people
- Kaitalia821 people
- Kachua799 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bankaberya?851 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bankaberya in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bankaberya?93.7% (Census 2011)