# Banjora Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Banjora

Banjora is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,903 people in 383 households**, the 11th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,903people (2011)
- 383households
- 57.7%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banjora

Of every 100 households in Banjora in 2011, 2 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Banjora · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****28%**

**85%

Use banking services ****7%**

**41%

Television ****5%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Banjora?

■ Banjora · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.7%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****843**

**957

Working population ****49.6%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.9% for men and 39.2% for women. 53% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 146 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 189 (20%) · **■** Household industry 23 (2%) · **■** Other work 80 (8%) · **■** Marginal 505 (54%)

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 Barabazar

- Latpada2,016 people
- Puryara1,995 people
- Bhagaband1,946 people
- Rupapatia1,933 people
- Herbana1,834 people
- Bhikari Chilema1,821 people
- Raygara1,800 people
- Sukurhutu1,760 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banjora?1,903 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banjora in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banjora?57.7% (Census 2011)