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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bhetahar

Bhetahar is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,088 people in 238 households**, the 60th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,088people (2011)
- 238households
- 74.7%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhetahar

Of every 100 households in Bhetahar in 2011, 40 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bhetahar · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**27%

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

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****8%**

**18%

Television ****14%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**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 Bhetahar?

■ Bhetahar · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****841**

**955

Working population ****30.4%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 70.3% for women. 54% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 109 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 118 (36%) · **■** Other work 68 (21%) · **■** Marginal 36 (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 Kushmundi

- Nabhor1,187 people
- Durgapur1,185 people
- Samsia1,176 people
- Ayera1,133 people
- Amlahar1,069 people
- Bara Damodarpur1,067 people
- Upadail1,057 people
- Jothar1,054 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhetahar?1,088 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhetahar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhetahar?74.7% (Census 2011)