# Bansa Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Bansa

Bansa is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,101 people in 225 households**, the 37th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 1,101people (2011)
- 225households
- 78.2%literacy
- 1,016females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bansa

Of every 100 households in Bansa in 2011, 63 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bansa · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**90%

Use banking services ****40%**

**39%

Television ****26%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Bansa?

■ Bansa · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1016**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1071**

**946

Working population ****33.5%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.2% for men and 64.4% for women. 52% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 188 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (7%) · **■** Other work 90 (24%) · **■** Marginal 67 (18%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Kerawari1,145 people
- Mathari1,136 people
- Bhakuyadi1,135 people
- Chandai1,133 people
- Pat Jhalda1,085 people
- Chatumghutu1,058 people
- Bandulahar1,043 people
- Akahara1,009 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bansa?1,101 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bansa in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bansa?78.2% (Census 2011)