# Belar Village, Raina - II, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Raina - II, Barddhaman 

# Belar

Belar is a village in Raina - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,910 people in 663 households**, the 14th largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 2,910people (2011)
- 663households
- 76.9%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belar

Of every 100 households in Belar in 2011, 44 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Belar · ■ Raina - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**28%

Tap water ****25%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**89%

Use banking services ****71%**

**84%

Television ****22%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**17%

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 Belar?

■ Belar · ■ Raina - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.9%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****769**

**941

Working population ****33.3%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 70.4% for women. 61% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 157 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 438 (45%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 253 (26%) · **■** Marginal 111 (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 Raina - II

- Arui3,322 people
- Baje Kowarpur3,032 people
- Daminya2,998 people
- Bulchandrapur2,980 people
- Subaldaha2,741 people
- Narottambati2,654 people
- Kaiti2,644 people
- Madhabdihi2,584 people

[All 94 villages in Raina - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/raina-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belar?2,910 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belar in?Barddhaman district (Raina - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belar?76.9% (Census 2011)