# Bankata Village, Manbazar - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya 

# Bankata

Bankata is a village in Manbazar - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **719 people in 126 households**, the 67th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 719people (2011)
- 126households
- 47.2%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bankata

Of every 100 households in Bankata in 2011, 1 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bankata · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**28%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**89%

Use banking services ****0%**

**31%

Television ****1%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**29%

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 Bankata?

■ Bankata · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.2%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1341**

**939

Working population ****53.0%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.4% for men and 25.2% for women. 56% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 16 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (8%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 65 (17%) · **■** Marginal 267 (70%)

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 Manbazar - I

- Sukapata742 people
- Chapati734 people
- Baliguma733 people
- Gobindapur725 people
- Kumardi719 people
- Golkidi713 people
- Jamda712 people
- Poradi704 people

[All 243 villages in Manbazar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bankata?719 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bankata in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bankata?47.2% (Census 2011)