# Beltara Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Beltara

Beltara is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,151 people in 530 households**, the 13th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 2,151people (2011)
- 530households
- 73.8%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Beltara

Of every 100 households in Beltara in 2011, 33 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Beltara · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**33%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****24%**

**25%

Television ****22%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

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

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Beltara?

■ Beltara · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.8%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1053**

**951

Working population ****48.3%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 67.8% for women. 63% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 306 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 409 (39%) · **■** Household industry 39 (4%) · **■** Other work 139 (13%) · **■** Marginal 146 (14%)

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 Kumarganj

- Bhour2,456 people
- Tara2,332 people
- Balupara2,318 people
- Chak-Barham2,282 people
- Kharail2,029 people
- Chak Ramray1,957 people
- Kalna1,943 people
- Kulahari1,878 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Beltara?2,151 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Beltara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Beltara?73.8% (Census 2011)