# Bhaluk Khan Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Bhaluk Khan

Bhaluk Khan is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,322 people in 297 households**, the 42nd largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 1,322people (2011)
- 297households
- 56.4%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhaluk Khan

Of every 100 households in Bhaluk Khan in 2011, 32 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bhaluk Khan · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**75%

Use banking services ****72%**

**53%

Television ****14%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Bhaluk Khan?

■ Bhaluk Khan · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.4%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**948

Working population ****51.3%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.1% for men and 45.2% for women. 62% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 129 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 277 (41%) · **■** Other work 43 (6%) · **■** Marginal 229 (34%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Amshol1,389 people
- Purba Nandarampur1,376 people
- Pathara1,356 people
- Naruala1,338 people
- Sona Dwipa1,288 people
- Rupat Ganj1,266 people
- Baruibera1,239 people
- Ulai1,237 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhaluk Khan?1,322 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhaluk Khan in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhaluk Khan?56.4% (Census 2011)