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

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Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya 

# Benka

Benka is a village in Manbazar - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **698 people in 131 households**, the 72nd largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 698people (2011)
- 131households
- 61.3%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benka

Of every 100 households in Benka in 2011, 1 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benka · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**28%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

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

**4%

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

**1%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****2%**

**31%

Television ****1%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**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 Benka?

■ Benka · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.3%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****797**

**939

Working population ****58.6%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.1% for men and 50.5% for women. 57% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 34 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 139 (34%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 232 (57%)

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

- Kumardi719 people
- Golkidi713 people
- Jamda712 people
- Poradi704 people
- Kunardi698 people
- Doldenrya678 people
- Tetla671 people
- Gaidumur654 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benka?698 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benka in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benka?61.3% (Census 2011)