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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bhelakuri

Bhelakuri is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **857 people in 198 households**, the 89th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 857people (2011)
- 198households
- 94.3%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhelakuri

Of every 100 households in Bhelakuri in 2011, 30 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhelakuri · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**29%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****17%**

**18%

Television ****13%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bhelakuri?

■ Bhelakuri · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.3%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****839**

**955

Working population ****28.7%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.2% for men and 93.3% for women. 53% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 232 (94%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 11 (4%)

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

- Puinala878 people
- Jotsudam863 people
- Bara Krishnapur862 people
- Sibrampur861 people
- Bagduma855 people
- Mirapara849 people
- Pukurpar Raypur842 people
- Mahator841 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhelakuri?857 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhelakuri in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhelakuri?94.3% (Census 2011)