Village · Moyna, Purba Medinipur
# Banki

Banki is a village in Moyna sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,942 people in 658 households, the 29th largest of 85 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.4%.
- 2,942 people (2011)
- 658 households
- 88.4% literacy
- 950 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banki

Of every 100 households in Banki in 2011, 53 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Banki · ■ Moyna rural average
- Electricity for lighting 53% 36%
- Toilet within the home 88% 77%
- No toilet (open defecation) 8% 18%
- Tap water 1% 5%
- Drinking water within premises 10% 6%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 91% 89%
- Use banking services 51% 31%
- Television 19% 11%
- Mobile phone 40% 29%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 19% 32%
- Own their home 98% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Banki?

■ Banki · ■ Moyna rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 88.4% 86.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 950 923
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1006 940
- Working population 42.9% 38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.3% for men and 82.2% for women. 57% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 239 (19%) · ■ Farm labourers 95 (8%) · ■ Household industry 5 (0%) · ■ Other work 286 (23%) · ■ Marginal 637 (50%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Moyna
- Gobradan 3,207 people
- Garmayna 3,174 people
- Ram Chak 3,147 people
- Masum Chak 3,055 people
- Basanta Chak 2,825 people
- Dakshin Chanra Chak 2,820 people
- Shri Brindaban Chak 2,776 people
- Haridaspur 2,701 people

All 85 villages in Moyna

## Other places named Banki
- Banki · Sub-district, Cuttack · 176,567 people
- Banki · Town, Bara Banki · 21,317 people
- Banki · Town, Cuttack · 17,521 people
- Banki · Village, Rupauli, Purnia · 5,787 people
- Banki · Village, Madhepur, Madhubani · 5,558 people
- Banki · Village, Nawabganj, Bara Banki · 4,794 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Banki? 2,942 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banki in? Purba Medinipur district (Moyna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banki? 88.4% (Census 2011)

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