# Bansda Village, Sahid Matangini, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sahid Matangini, Purba Medinipur 

# Bansda

Bansda is a village in Sahid Matangini sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,906 people in 435 households**, the 43rd largest of 81 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 1,906people (2011)
- 435households
- 89.6%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bansda

Of every 100 households in Bansda in 2011, 73 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Bansda · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**68%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**21%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**6%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%**

**89%

Use banking services ****25%**

**38%

Television ****28%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**24%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Bansda?

■ Bansda · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.6%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****811**

**955

Working population ****37.4%**

**36.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.6% for men and 86.4% for women. 58% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 53 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (2%) · **■** Household industry 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 239 (34%) · **■** Marginal 390 (55%)

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 Sahid Matangini

- Raghunathpur2,079 people
- Dariala1,978 people
- Khanda Gram1,913 people
- Agar1,911 people
- Astara1,741 people
- Tarangakhali1,729 people
- Shahara1,684 people
- Guluria1,667 people

[All 86 villages in Sahid Matangini](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sahid-matangini/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bansda?1,906 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bansda in?Purba Medinipur district (Sahid Matangini sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bansda?89.6% (Census 2011)