# Okardaha Village, Chanditala - II, Hugli (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/chanditala-ii/okardaha/

Village · Chanditala - II, Hugli 

# Okardaha

Okardaha is a village in Chanditala - II sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,944 people in 684 households**, the 8th largest of 20 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.3%.

- 2,944people (2011)
- 684households
- 85.4%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Okardaha

Of every 100 households in Okardaha in 2011, 95 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Okardaha · ■ Chanditala - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**86%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**17%

Tap water ****3%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**24%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****59%**

**51%

Use banking services ****84%**

**58%

Television ****70%**

**59%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Okardaha?

■ Okardaha · ■ Chanditala - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.4%**

**84.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**991

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****985**

**941

Working population ****38.1%**

**36.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.4% for men and 81.3% for women. 67% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 165 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 113 (10%) · **■** Household industry 111 (10%) · **■** Other work 686 (61%) · **■** Marginal 48 (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 Chanditala - II

- Adan3,785 people
- Beledanga3,777 people
- Khanpur3,427 people
- Thero3,051 people
- Bamandanga2,743 people
- Bankagachha2,424 people
- Duttapur2,285 people
- Sahana1,944 people

[All 20 villages in Chanditala - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/chanditala-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Okardaha?2,944 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Okardaha in?Hugli district (Chanditala - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Okardaha?85.4% (Census 2011)