# Bankur Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bankur

Bankur is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **995 people in 204 households**, the 111th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 995people (2011)
- 204households
- 47.1%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bankur

Of every 100 households in Bankur in 2011, 2 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bankur · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****2%**

**16%

Television ****0%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bankur?

■ Bankur · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.1%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**955

Working population ****44.8%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.8% for men and 45.3% for women. 57% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 47 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 232 (52%) · **■** Other work 18 (4%) · **■** Marginal 149 (33%)

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 Itahar

- Bara Kundana1,026 people
- Ramdanga1,014 people
- Purba Nagua1,009 people
- Mahanandapara997 people
- Gatlu974 people
- Purushattambari968 people
- Srimantapur958 people
- Paschim Saiyadpur950 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bankur?995 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bankur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bankur?47.1% (Census 2011)