# Belkash, Burdwan - I, Barddhaman – Population & Literacy

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Village · Burdwan - I, Barddhaman 

# Belkash

Belkash is a village in [Burdwan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/burdwan-i/) sub-district of [Barddhaman](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,244 people in 290 households**, the 48th largest of 75 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.8%.

- 1,244people (2011)
- 290households
- 64.9%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belkash

Of every 100 households in Belkash in 2011, 38 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Belkash · ■ Burdwan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**48%

Tap water ****0%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**43%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**74%

Use banking services ****23%**

**50%

Television ****20%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****29%**

**25%

Own their home ****93%**

**93%

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 Belkash?

■ Belkash · ■ Burdwan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.9%**

**74.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****836**

**981

Working population ****39.8%**

**41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.7% for men and 57.0% for women. 61% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 152 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 245 (49%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 32 (6%) · **■** Marginal 54 (11%)

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 Burdwan - I

- Kamarkita1,535 people
- Pilkhuri1,505 people
- Chandutia1,416 people
- Bakalsa1,337 people
- Tentulia1,236 people
- Sapar1,201 people
- Nityanandapur1,193 people
- Sirajpur1,139 people

[All 76 villages in Burdwan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/burdwan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belkash?1,244 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belkash in?Barddhaman district (Burdwan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belkash?64.9% (Census 2011)