# Bankati, Barabazar, Puruliya – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Bankati

Bankati is a village in [Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/) sub-district of [Puruliya](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,137 people in 229 households**, the 42nd largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,137people (2011)
- 229households
- 63.2%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bankati

Of every 100 households in Bankati in 2011, 14 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bankati · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**85%

Use banking services ****15%**

**41%

Television ****5%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**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 Bankati?

■ Bankati · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.2%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1013**

**957

Working population ****54.0%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 50.3% for women. 57% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 127 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 103 (17%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 41 (7%) · **■** Marginal 341 (56%)

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

- Lakshmanpur1,190 people
- Bajra1,180 people
- Nischintapur1,162 people
- Sankhari1,140 people
- Taldih Als.Nabudih Maisadabar1,137 people
- Manpur1,128 people
- Jharia1,121 people
- Biskudra1,108 people

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

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## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bankati?1,137 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bankati in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bankati?63.2% (Census 2011)