# Baniapukur Village, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/raiganj/baniapukur/

Village · Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Baniapukur

Baniapukur is a village in Raiganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **728 people in 135 households**, the 171st largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 728people (2011)
- 135households
- 77.1%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baniapukur

Of every 100 households in Baniapukur in 2011, 51 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Baniapukur · ■ Raiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**72%

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

**4%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****39%**

**24%

Television ****28%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**5%

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

**1%

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

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Baniapukur?

■ Baniapukur · ■ Raiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.1%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****808**

**939

Working population ****26.5%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 71.0% for women. 46% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 92 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (19%) · **■** Other work 58 (30%) · **■** Marginal 6 (3%)

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 Raiganj

- Brahmapur773 people
- Bannagra762 people
- Budhor757 people
- Chapra745 people
- Paschim Gopalpur722 people
- Ekamba717 people
- Dulahpur705 people
- Balihara694 people

[All 222 villages in Raiganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/raiganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baniapukur?728 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baniapukur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Raiganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baniapukur?77.1% (Census 2011)