# Banshraya Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Banshraya

Banshraya is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **983 people in 192 households**, the 60th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 983people (2011)
- 192households
- 75.2%literacy
- 1,014females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banshraya

Of every 100 households in Banshraya in 2011, 10 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Banshraya · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**30%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**6%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**84%

Use banking services ****68%**

**50%

Television ****7%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**21%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Banshraya?

■ Banshraya · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.2%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1014**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**937

Working population ****46.2%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 64.4% for women. 59% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 18 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 191 (42%) · **■** Marginal 242 (53%)

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 Kashipur

- Amlabahal1,057 people
- Narayangar Alias Karka1,055 people
- Chuna1,044 people
- Dhobari1,042 people
- Dhatla974 people
- Jorisha974 people
- Shiulibari970 people
- Gamarkunri969 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banshraya?983 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banshraya in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banshraya?75.2% (Census 2011)