# Budhatch Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Budhatch

Budhatch is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **778 people in 175 households**, the 113th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 778people (2011)
- 175households
- 73.2%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Budhatch

Of every 100 households in Budhatch in 2011, 24 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Budhatch · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****9%**

**26%

Television ****15%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Budhatch?

■ Budhatch · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.2%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****480**

**954

Working population ****57.6%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.3% for men and 67.0% for women. 61% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 136 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 75 (17%) · **■** Other work 10 (2%) · **■** Marginal 227 (51%)

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 Tapan

- Jidhra795 people
- Srirampur784 people
- Bakharpur782 people
- Banial779 people
- Erenda777 people
- Dinagar771 people
- Telighata Bhabanipur770 people
- Dakshin Harsura764 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Budhatch?778 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Budhatch in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Budhatch?73.2% (Census 2011)