# Benyajhi Village, Contai - III, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Benyajhi

Benyajhi is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,736 people in 358 households**, the 19th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 1,736people (2011)
- 358households
- 91.4%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benyajhi

Of every 100 households in Benyajhi in 2011, 41 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benyajhi · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

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

**2%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****32%**

**42%

Television ****17%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**27%

Own their home ****96%**

**94%

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 Benyajhi?

■ Benyajhi · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.4%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****935**

**948

Working population ****41.1%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.6% for men and 85.9% for women. 59% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 7 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (5%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 134 (19%) · **■** Marginal 531 (74%)

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 - III

- Panichiara2,177 people
- Bhaitgar2,053 people
- Karalda Nimak Bar1,968 people
- Kushalya1,793 people
- Sijua1,706 people
- Adampur1,626 people
- Bidhubahiri1,577 people
- Paschimbatya1,537 people

[All 166 villages in Contai - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benyajhi?1,736 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benyajhi in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benyajhi?91.4% (Census 2011)