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Banihari Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Banihari is a medium size village located in Kushmundi Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 379 families residing. The Banihari village has population of 1770 of which 914 are males while 856 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Banihari village population of children with age 0-6 is 283 which makes up 15.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Banihari village is 937 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Banihari as per census is 899, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Banihari village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Banihari village was 68.53 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Banihari Male literacy stands at 71.11 % while female literacy rate was 65.79 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Banihari village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Banihari village.

Banihari Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 379 - -
Population 1,770 914 856
Child (0-6) 283 149 134
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.53 % 71.11 % 65.79 %
Total Workers 417 406 11
Main Worker 390 - -
Marginal Worker 27 27 0

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Banihari village of Dakshin Dinajpur district.

Work Profile

In Banihari village out of total population, 417 were engaged in work activities. 93.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 417 workers engaged in Main Work, 245 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 135 were Agricultural labourer.