# Benota Village, Bhangar - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhangar - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Benota

Benota is a village in Bhangar - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **7,850 people in 1,747 households**, the 7th largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.4%.

- 7,850people (2011)
- 1,747households
- 66.1%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benota

Of every 100 households in Benota in 2011, 30 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Benota · ■ Bhangar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****28%**

**32%

Television ****23%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**4%

None of these assets ****30%**

**17%

Own their home ****87%**

**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 Benota?

■ Benota · ■ Bhangar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.1%**

**74.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**962

Working population ****39.1%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 57.6% for women. 55% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 883 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 712 (23%) · **■** Household industry 33 (1%) · **■** Other work 535 (17%) · **■** Marginal 909 (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

- Uttar Kasipur10,782 people
- Tona8,915 people
- Uttar Kathalia8,628 people
- Hadia7,921 people
- Majerhat7,797 people
- Bhogali7,516 people
- Swastayan Gachhi6,966 people
- Hat Gachha5,882 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 Benota?7,850 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benota in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bhangar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benota?66.1% (Census 2011)