# Banahata Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Banahata

Banahata is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **764 people in 148 households**, the 64th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 764people (2011)
- 148households
- 48.5%literacy
- 1,005females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banahata

Of every 100 households in Banahata in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Banahata · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**21%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****49%**

**80%

Use banking services ****62%**

**30%

Television ****3%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**35%

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 Banahata?

■ Banahata · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.5%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1005**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1130**

**973

Working population ****41.1%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.9% for men and 32.9% for women. 56% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 115 (37%) · **■** Household industry 140 (45%) · **■** Other work 15 (5%) · **■** Marginal 11 (4%)

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 - II

- Chayadi811 people
- Samalpur783 people
- Jaharhatu774 people
- Kanriyar773 people
- Tiraldi Alias Goaladi758 people
- Jabar756 people
- Patrahatu741 people
- Hirapur739 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banahata?764 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banahata in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banahata?48.5% (Census 2011)