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

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Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya 

# Behanchabari

Behanchabari is a village in Manbazar - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **761 people in 149 households**, the 61st largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 761people (2011)
- 149households
- 60.2%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Behanchabari

Of every 100 households in Behanchabari in 2011, 6 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Behanchabari · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****7%**

**31%

Television ****16%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**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 Behanchabari?

■ Behanchabari · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.2%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****927**

**939

Working population ****60.8%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.8% for men and 39.3% for women. 57% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 270 (58%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 17 (4%) · **■** Marginal 174 (38%)

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

- Palasbani823 people
- Nipenya791 people
- Kadlagora776 people
- Dumaria767 people
- Ghastoria761 people
- Sukapata742 people
- Chapati734 people
- Baliguma733 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Behanchabari?761 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Behanchabari in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Behanchabari?60.2% (Census 2011)