# Arbetal Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Arbetal

Arbetal is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **808 people in 182 households**, the 77th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 808people (2011)
- 182households
- 61.7%literacy
- 841females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Arbetal

Of every 100 households in Arbetal in 2011, 23 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Arbetal · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**67%

Use banking services ****4%**

**43%

Television ****20%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Arbetal?

■ Arbetal · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.7%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****841**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****827**

**908

Working population ****39.1%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.1% for men and 48.2% for women. 58% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 100 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (9%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 69 (22%) · **■** Marginal 115 (36%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Gangajalghati

- Jambedya843 people
- Nadihi840 people
- Hadalbani838 people
- Bara Lachhipur837 people
- Garjuria779 people
- Kantabani774 people
- Jenadihi769 people
- Chururi767 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Arbetal?808 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Arbetal in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Arbetal?61.7% (Census 2011)