# Hero Bhanga, Canning - I, South Twenty Four Parganas

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Village · Canning - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Hero Bhanga

Hero Bhanga is a village in [Canning - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/canning-i/) sub-district of [South Twenty Four Parganas](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **7,339 people in 1,402 households**, the 3rd largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.7%.

- 7,339people (2011)
- 1,402households
- 73.4%literacy
- 1,010females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hero Bhanga

Of every 100 households in Hero Bhanga in 2011, 13 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hero Bhanga · ■ Canning - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**4%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**95%

Use banking services ****24%**

**20%

Television ****10%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****39%**

**38%

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 Hero Bhanga?

■ Hero Bhanga · ■ Canning - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**65.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1010**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**950

Working population ****35.0%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 64.6% for women. 52% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 292 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 532 (21%) · **■** Household industry 118 (5%) · **■** Other work 478 (19%) · **■** Marginal 1,145 (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 Canning - I

- Budh Khali8,908 people
- Devis Abad8,128 people
- Kumarsa Chak7,334 people
- Khas Kumarkhali7,227 people
- Dattababur Abad6,095 people
- Bhaleya5,858 people

[All 53 villages in Canning - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/canning-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hero Bhanga?7,339 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hero Bhanga in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hero Bhanga?73.4% (Census 2011)