# Banshra Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Banshra

Banshra is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,457 people in 257 households**, the 32nd largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 1,457people (2011)
- 257households
- 79.4%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banshra

Of every 100 households in Banshra in 2011, 24 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Banshra · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****58%**

**84%

Use banking services ****88%**

**44%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**22%

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 Banshra?

■ Banshra · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.4%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****769**

**934

Working population ****37.2%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.5% for men and 68.4% for women. 49% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 164 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 104 (19%) · **■** Marginal 270 (50%)

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 Purulia - I

- Chipida1,716 people
- Golbera1,634 people
- Pichasi1,614 people
- Kukurgarya1,533 people
- Hulka1,447 people
- Tamna1,444 people
- Baghudi1,440 people
- Gopladi1,416 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banshra?1,457 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banshra in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banshra?79.4% (Census 2011)