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Nalanda villages

Bihar · Nalanda · Asthawan

Benar

2,070
people at the 2011 Census · 1,034 male, 1,036 female

Population

Population
2,070India 121.09 Cr

Literacy

Literacy
64.06%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
73.74%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
54.77%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
18.97 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
1002 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
854 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
19.61%India 13.59%
SC %
11.21%India 16.63%
ST %
0.00%India 8.63%
Household
5.38India 4.85

Work

Workers
31.21%India 39.80%
Female Work
18.82%India 25.52%
Main Workers
92.88%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
68.79%India 60.20%

This village is classified entirely rural at the 2011 Census, so urban population share does not apply. Density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract. See Methodology.

Benar in context

With 2,070 people at the 2011 Census, Benar was the 411th most populous of its district's 1055 villages, below the district average of 2,294.

The sex ratio was 1002 women per 1,000 men (78 above the district's rural figure of 924) — one of the minority of villages where women outnumbered men. Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 854, 69 below the rural national 923.