# Benebou Village, Sonarpur – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Sonarpur, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Benebou

Benebou is a village in Sonarpur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,707 people in 616 households**, the 24th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 2,707people (2011)
- 616households
- 81.6%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benebou

Of every 100 households in Benebou in 2011, 66 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Benebou · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**18%

Tap water ****27%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**73%

Use banking services ****38%**

**52%

Television ****37%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****36%**

**10%

Own their home ****87%**

**92%

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 Benebou?

■ Benebou · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.6%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****988**

**969

Working population ****37.7%**

**37.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 76.6% for women. 56% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (3%) · **■** Household industry 44 (4%) · **■** Other work 655 (64%) · **■** Marginal 285 (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 Sonarpur

- Gangajora3,339 people
- Deara3,152 people
- Pratapnagar2,785 people
- Hasanpur2,753 people
- Raghunathpur2,657 people
- Arapanch2,451 people
- Palghat2,360 people
- Gobindapur2,355 people

[All 65 villages in Sonarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/sonarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benebou?2,707 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benebou in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Sonarpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benebou?81.6% (Census 2011)