Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli
# Belgachhia

Belgachhia is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,436 people in 348 households, the 79th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.
- 1,436 people (2011)
- 348 households
- 72.6% literacy
- 1,008 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belgachhia

Of every 100 households in Belgachhia in 2011, 55 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Belgachhia · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average
- Electricity for lighting 55% 52%
- Toilet within the home 42% 50%
- No toilet (open defecation) 57% 48%
- Tap water 55% 19%
- Drinking water within premises 30% 26%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 10%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 92% 84%
- Use banking services 6% 58%
- Television 12% 31%
- Mobile phone 18% 44%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 7% 13%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 2%
- None of these assets 42% 18%
- Own their home 100% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Belgachhia?

■ Belgachhia · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 72.6% 75.7%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1008 994
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 925 962
- Working population 42.8% 45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 65.9% for women. 60% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 243 (40%) · ■ Farm labourers 81 (13%) · ■ Household industry 2 (0%) · ■ Other work 44 (7%) · ■ Marginal 244 (40%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Dhaniakhali
- Balighari 1,480 people
- Bhagabanpur 1,473 people
- Jolkul 1,466 people
- Durgapur 1,441 people
- Gopalpur 1,432 people
- Katgara 1,431 people
- Kansaripur 1,400 people
- Balidaha 1,376 people

All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali

## Other places named Belgachhia
- Belgachhia · Village, Deganga, North Twenty Four Parganas · 4,026 people
- Belgachhia · Village, Magrahat - II, South Twenty Four Parganas · 1,396 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Belgachhia? 1,436 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belgachhia in? Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belgachhia? 72.6% (Census 2011)

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