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

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Banshthupi

Banshthupi is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **599 people in 126 households**, the 158th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 599people (2011)
- 126households
- 50.1%literacy
- 860females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banshthupi

Of every 100 households in Banshthupi in 2011, 68 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Banshthupi · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**82%

Tap water ****5%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****5%**

**16%

Television ****38%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**32%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Banshthupi?

■ Banshthupi · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.1%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****860**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****756**

**955

Working population ****34.6%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 53.0% for men and 46.7% for women. 51% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 54 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 126 (61%) · **■** Other work 14 (7%) · **■** Marginal 13 (6%)

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

- Gopibati631 people
- Bamnigaon616 people
- Balarampur609 people
- Mahadipur601 people
- Sujal587 people
- Pashim Durlabhpur584 people
- Gunarajpur579 people
- Chhilampur572 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banshthupi?599 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banshthupi in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banshthupi?50.1% (Census 2011)