# Baniber Village, Magrahat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Magrahat - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Baniber

Baniber is a village in Magrahat - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,517 people in 333 households**, the 50th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 1,517people (2011)
- 333households
- 78.1%literacy
- 894females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baniber

Of every 100 households in Baniber in 2011, 65 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Baniber · ■ Magrahat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**48%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**50%

Tap water ****6%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**7%

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

**4%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****68%**

**34%

Television ****39%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**35%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Baniber?

■ Baniber · ■ Magrahat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****894**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****927**

**956

Working population ****33.0%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 70.0% for women. 56% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 47 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (7%) · **■** Household industry 16 (3%) · **■** Other work 259 (52%) · **■** Marginal 141 (28%)

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 Magrahat - II

- Uttar Mukundapur1,633 people
- Bansundaria1,588 people
- Tasrala1,550 people
- Jaldhapa1,527 people
- Katkina Ishwaripur1,505 people
- Makaltala1,505 people
- Panchpara1,470 people
- Chakiswari1,409 people

[All 78 villages in Magrahat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/magrahat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baniber?1,517 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baniber in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Magrahat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baniber?78.1% (Census 2011)