# Bhakta Band Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Bhakta Band

Bhakta Band is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,850 people in 379 households**, the 32nd largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,850people (2011)
- 379households
- 63.9%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhakta Band

Of every 100 households in Bhakta Band in 2011, 24 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhakta Band · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**67%

Use banking services ****33%**

**43%

Television ****10%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**25%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Bhakta Band?

■ Bhakta Band · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.9%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**908

Working population ****45.6%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.6% for men and 52.5% for women. 59% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 20 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 53 (6%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 147 (17%) · **■** Marginal 620 (74%)

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

- Barajuri1,940 people
- Nabagram1,911 people
- Kusthalia1,902 people
- Duberdanga1,858 people
- Bihar Jurya1,762 people
- Durlabhpur1,725 people
- Bharadihi1,715 people
- Basudebpur1,704 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhakta Band?1,850 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhakta Band in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhakta Band?63.9% (Census 2011)