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Banicha Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Banicha is a medium size village located in Sankrail Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 82 families residing. The Banicha village has population of 391 of which 202 are males while 189 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Banicha village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 8.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Banicha village is 936 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Banicha as per census is 650, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Banicha village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Banicha village was 62.01 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Banicha Male literacy stands at 71.98 % while female literacy rate was 51.70 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Banicha 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 Banicha village.

Banicha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 82 - -
Population 391 202 189
Child (0-6) 33 20 13
Schedule Caste 280 144 136
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.01 % 71.98 % 51.70 %
Total Workers 121 100 21
Main Worker 113 - -
Marginal Worker 8 4 4

Caste Factor

In Banicha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 71.61 % of total population in Banicha village. The village Banicha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Banicha village out of total population, 121 were engaged in work activities. 93.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 121 workers engaged in Main Work, 79 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 29 were Agricultural labourer.