# Banhichar Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Banhichar

Banhichar is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,670 people in 792 households**, the 13th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 3,670people (2011)
- 792households
- 90.1%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banhichar

Of every 100 households in Banhichar in 2011, 50 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Banhichar · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**20%

Tap water ****58%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**91%

Use banking services ****57%**

**45%

Television ****29%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Banhichar?

■ Banhichar · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.1%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**972

Working population ****40.0%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.7% for men and 85.3% for women. 63% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 117 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 165 (11%) · **■** Household industry 168 (11%) · **■** Other work 593 (40%) · **■** Marginal 425 (29%)

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 Tamluk

- Barbarya4,692 people
- Harashankar4,379 people
- Harashankar Garkilla3,808 people
- Bhubaneswarpur3,787 people
- Kurpai3,367 people
- Murari Kalua3,345 people
- Nischinta Basan3,195 people
- Rajnagar Baharjala3,144 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banhichar?3,670 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banhichar in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banhichar?90.1% (Census 2011)