# Baniara Village, Bhangar - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhangar - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Baniara

Baniara is a village in Bhangar - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,834 people in 806 households**, the 26th largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.4%.

- 3,834people (2011)
- 806households
- 72.2%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baniara

Of every 100 households in Baniara in 2011, 32 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Baniara · ■ Bhangar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**40%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****24%**

**32%

Television ****12%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**11%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****22%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Baniara?

■ Baniara · ■ Bhangar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**74.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****871**

**962

Working population ****34.5%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 68.4% for women. 56% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 307 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 323 (24%) · **■** Household industry 58 (4%) · **■** Other work 232 (18%) · **■** Marginal 402 (30%)

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 Bhangar - II

- Saduli4,230 people
- Chalta Beria4,167 people
- Chariswar4,097 people
- Chak Maricha3,990 people
- Hatisala3,810 people
- Kulberia3,787 people
- Kachua3,648 people
- Uttar Gazipur3,628 people

[All 60 villages in Bhangar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bhangar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baniara?3,834 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baniara in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bhangar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baniara?72.2% (Census 2011)