# Betahar Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Betahar

Betahar is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,942 people in 422 households**, the 16th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,942people (2011)
- 422households
- 68.1%literacy
- 1,053females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Betahar

Of every 100 households in Betahar in 2011, 32 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Betahar · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**29%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****7%**

**18%

Television ****15%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**24%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Betahar?

■ Betahar · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.1%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1053**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1070**

**955

Working population ****47.9%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.0% for men and 62.5% for women. 56% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 378 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 78 (8%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 29 (3%) · **■** Marginal 438 (47%)

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 Kushmundi

- Jarail2,333 people
- Lakshmipur2,268 people
- Dehabanda2,161 people
- Panchhata2,023 people
- Manikor1,886 people
- Ekdala Bahirhata1,878 people
- Anantapur1,832 people
- Shikrishnapur1,786 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Betahar?1,942 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Betahar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Betahar?68.1% (Census 2011)