# Banki Village, Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas (West Bengal)

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Banki

Banki is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **517 people in 116 households**, the 120th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 517people (2011)
- 116households
- 76.0%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banki

Of every 100 households in Banki in 2011, 44 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Banki · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**91%

Use banking services ****28%**

**37%

Television ****16%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**37%

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 Banki?

■ Banki · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****706**

**965

Working population ****36.6%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 73.1% for women. 62% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (19%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 46 (24%) · **■** Marginal 103 (54%)

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 Falta

- Pikhira571 people
- Goa Beria553 people
- Gharulia543 people
- Pakur Tala519 people
- Rameshwarbati467 people
- Jangalia414 people
- Paschim Daulatpur364 people
- Jhumnia321 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banki?517 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banki in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banki?76.0% (Census 2011)