# Benia Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Benia

Benia is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **47 people in 10 households**, the 106th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 40.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 47people (2011)
- 10households
- 40.5%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benia

Of every 100 households in Benia in 2011, 100 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benia · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**7%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****60%**

**44%

Television ****10%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**17%

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 Benia?

■ Benia · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****40.5%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1500**

**942

Working population ****40.4%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.2% for men and 26.3% for women. 72% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 2 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (32%) · **■** Household industry 3 (16%) · **■** Other work 1 (5%) · **■** Marginal 7 (37%)

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 Kolaghat

- Barisha372 people
- Sridhar Basan351 people
- Bishnubar238 people
- Gopal Chak163 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benia?47 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benia in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benia?40.5% (Census 2011)