# Bansihara Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bansihara

Bansihara is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **381 people in 97 households**, the 159th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 381people (2011)
- 97households
- 58.5%literacy
- 850females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bansihara

Of every 100 households in Bansihara in 2011, 52 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bansihara · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****61%**

**34%

Television ****16%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**20%

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 Bansihara?

■ Bansihara · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.5%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****850**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****594**

**969

Working population ****49.1%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.4% for men and 42.9% for women. 55% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 69 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 47 (25%) · **■** Other work 63 (34%) · **■** Marginal 8 (4%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Shakrpur403 people
- Maljum393 people
- Uttar Durgapur389 people
- Khail385 people
- Ghatishal378 people
- Balahar371 people
- Bimalpara370 people
- Baje Dhabail367 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bansihara?381 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bansihara in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bansihara?58.5% (Census 2011)