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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Benga

Benga is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,474 people in 267 households**, the 19th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 1,474people (2011)
- 267households
- 73.6%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benga

Of every 100 households in Benga in 2011, 27 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benga · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**93%

Tap water ****3%**

**1%

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

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****8%**

**90%

Use banking services ****45%**

**39%

Television ****6%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Benga?

■ Benga · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1059**

**946

Working population ****48.4%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.4% for men and 56.4% for women. 51% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 13 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 26 (4%) · **■** Other work 76 (11%) · **■** Marginal 596 (84%)

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

- Kudlum1,662 people
- Udaysiru1,660 people
- Maru1,658 people
- Sarjamhatu1,624 people
- Dumaria1,459 people
- Khatjuri1,400 people
- Hesatu1,386 people
- Pilai1,339 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benga?1,474 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benga in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benga?73.6% (Census 2011)