Bantosha Population - North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Bantosha is a medium size village located in Haroa Block of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 164 families residing. The Bantosha village has population of 758 of which 400 are males while 358 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bantosha village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 10.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bantosha village is 895 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bantosha as per census is 1105, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Bantosha village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bantosha village was 79.20 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bantosha Male literacy stands at 88.40 % while female literacy rate was 68.67 %.

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

Bantosha Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	164	-	-
Population	758	400	358
Child (0-6)	80	38	42
Schedule Caste	620	331	289
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	79.20 %	88.40 %	68.67 %
Total Workers	271	253	18
Main Worker	254	-	-
Marginal Worker	17	16	1

Caste Factor

In Bantosha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 81.79 % of total population in Bantosha village. The village Bantosha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bantosha village out of total population, 271 were engaged in work activities. 93.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 271 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 131 were Agricultural labourer.