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Banara Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Banara is a medium size village located in Hilli Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 290 families residing. The Banara village has population of 1114 of which 579 are males while 535 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Banara village population of children with age 0-6 is 100 which makes up 8.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Banara village is 924 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Banara as per census is 923, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Banara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Banara village was 67.65 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Banara Male literacy stands at 73.81 % while female literacy rate was 60.99 %.

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

Banara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 290 - -
Population 1,114 579 535
Child (0-6) 100 52 48
Schedule Caste 226 118 108
Schedule Tribe 504 258 246
Literacy 67.65 % 73.81 % 60.99 %
Total Workers 573 342 231
Main Worker 432 - -
Marginal Worker 141 47 94

Caste Factor

In Banara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 45.24 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 20.29 % of total population in Banara village.

Work Profile

In Banara village out of total population, 573 were engaged in work activities. 75.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 573 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 190 were Agricultural labourer.