# Banbahira Village, Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya 

# Banbahira

Banbahira is a village in Raghunathpur - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,258 people in 231 households**, the 32nd largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 1,258people (2011)
- 231households
- 66.9%literacy
- 828females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banbahira

Of every 100 households in Banbahira in 2011, 30 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Banbahira · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

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

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**71%

Use banking services ****74%**

**46%

Television ****19%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**22%

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 Banbahira?

■ Banbahira · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.9%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****828**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****852**

**964

Working population ****39.3%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.5% for men and 52.9% for women. 54% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 64 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (4%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 188 (38%) · **■** Marginal 222 (45%)

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 Raghunathpur - I

- Tal Sankra1,335 people
- Gobindapur1,292 people
- Kadamarra1,277 people
- Dhatara1,274 people
- Sarberia1,177 people
- Unanshila1,155 people
- Digtila1,115 people
- Chorpahari1,103 people

[All 102 villages in Raghunathpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/raghunathpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banbahira?1,258 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banbahira in?Puruliya district (Raghunathpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banbahira?66.9% (Census 2011)