# Benagaria Village, Santuri, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Santuri, Puruliya 

# Benagaria

Benagaria is a village in Santuri sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **332 people in 68 households**, the 76th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 332people (2011)
- 68households
- 55.1%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benagaria

Of every 100 households in Benagaria in 2011, 12 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benagaria · ■ Santuri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

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

**6%

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

**4%

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

**67%

Use banking services ****12%**

**52%

Television ****3%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Benagaria?

■ Benagaria · ■ Santuri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.1%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****818**

**973

Working population ****33.7%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.7% for men and 37.1% for women. 57% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 10 (9%) · **■** Marginal 100 (89%)

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 Santuri

- Dulalgora369 people
- Dubrajpur359 people
- Dhanasdi358 people
- Jibanpur Alias Ramjibanpur344 people
- Kashikunri317 people
- Barhanti267 people
- Muktipur253 people
- Palash Pahari242 people

[All 103 villages in Santuri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/santuri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benagaria?332 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benagaria in?Puruliya district (Santuri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benagaria?55.1% (Census 2011)