# Demar Gachha Village, Balagarh, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Balagarh, Hugli 

# Demar Gachha

Demar Gachha is a village in Balagarh sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,702 people in 407 households**, the 40th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.2%.

- 1,702people (2011)
- 407households
- 81.1%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Demar Gachha

Of every 100 households in Demar Gachha in 2011, 53 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Demar Gachha · ■ Balagarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**17%

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

**9%

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

**81%

Use banking services ****93%**

**48%

Television ****29%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Demar Gachha?

■ Demar Gachha · ■ Balagarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.1%**

**76.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1061**

**948

Working population ****44.1%**

**41.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.8% for men and 75.0% for women. 64% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 211 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 357 (48%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 84 (11%) · **■** Marginal 90 (12%)

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 Balagarh

- Baga1,893 people
- Paigachhi1,830 people
- Karinya1,817 people
- Moktarpur1,715 people
- Beleswar1,678 people
- Sabek Char Krishnabati1,639 people
- Ahmadpur1,608 people
- Jagulia1,565 people

[All 132 villages in Balagarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/balagarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Demar Gachha?1,702 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Demar Gachha in?Hugli district (Balagarh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Demar Gachha?81.1% (Census 2011)