# Banshketia, Manbazar - I, Puruliya – Population & Literacy

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Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya 

# Banshketia

Banshketia is a village in [Manbazar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-i/) sub-district of [Puruliya](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **188 people in 45 households**, the 169th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 188people (2011)
- 45households
- 57.2%literacy
- 757females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banshketia

Of every 100 households in Banshketia in 2011, 2 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Banshketia · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**4%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**89%

Use banking services ****13%**

**31%

Television ****2%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Banshketia?

■ Banshketia · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.2%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****757**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****500**

**939

Working population ****44.1%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.7% for men and 29.0% for women. 45% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 80 (96%)

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

- Damda192 people
- Bukthela190 people
- Darasol190 people
- Dulaldi190 people
- Bandar Beriya185 people
- Ganeshgara184 people
- Bhelagora183 people
- Chelema181 people

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

## Other places named Banshketia

- Bansh Ketia · Village, Saltora, Bankura · 184 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banshketia?188 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banshketia in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banshketia?57.2% (Census 2011)