# Bantra Village, Jaynagar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jaynagar - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bantra

Bantra is a village in Jaynagar - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **12,508 people in 2,633 households**, the 3rd largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 12,508people (2011)
- 2,633households
- 67.3%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bantra

Of every 100 households in Bantra in 2011, 4 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bantra · ■ Jaynagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**51%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**3%

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

**5%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****8%**

**27%

Television ****5%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****50%**

**42%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bantra?

■ Bantra · ■ Jaynagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.3%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****914**

**949

Working population ****33.2%**

**33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 58.0% for women. 53% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 257 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 899 (22%) · **■** Household industry 344 (8%) · **■** Other work 1,166 (28%) · **■** Marginal 1,492 (36%)

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 Jaynagar - I

- Kamaria26,575 people
- Tilpi13,350 people
- Purba Gabberia12,283 people
- Rajpur Korabag7,142 people
- Jangalia6,366 people
- Tajpur Fatepur6,156 people

[All 67 villages in Jaynagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/jaynagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bantra?12,508 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bantra in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Jaynagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bantra?67.3% (Census 2011)