# Badhgachhi Village, Kalna - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kalna - I, Barddhaman 

# Badhgachhi

Badhgachhi is a village in Kalna - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,270 people in 314 households**, the 54th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.9%.

- 1,270people (2011)
- 314households
- 70.6%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Badhgachhi

Of every 100 households in Badhgachhi in 2011, 36 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Badhgachhi · ■ Kalna - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**47%

Tap water ****1%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**88%

Use banking services ****81%**

**58%

Television ****23%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Badhgachhi?

■ Badhgachhi · ■ Kalna - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**74.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1017**

**979

Working population ****47.1%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.7% for men and 61.0% for women. 61% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 56 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 259 (43%) · **■** Household industry 18 (3%) · **■** Other work 126 (21%) · **■** Marginal 139 (23%)

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 Kalna - I

- Singrail1,309 people
- Sultanpur1,304 people
- Khaspur1,302 people
- Madanhasa1,290 people
- Durgapur1,263 people
- Madhupur1,242 people
- Dupsa1,196 people
- Kutirdanga1,173 people

[All 99 villages in Kalna - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kalna-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Badhgachhi?1,270 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Badhgachhi in?Barddhaman district (Kalna - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Badhgachhi?70.6% (Census 2011)