# Bhotar Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Bhotar

Bhotar is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **950 people in 229 households**, the 128th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 950people (2011)
- 229households
- 76.5%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhotar

Of every 100 households in Bhotar in 2011, 48 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhotar · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**48%

Tap water ****6%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**84%

Use banking services ****44%**

**58%

Television ****28%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Bhotar?

■ Bhotar · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.5%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****977**

**962

Working population ****54.1%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 69.7% for women. 70% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 96 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 108 (21%) · **■** Other work 45 (9%) · **■** Marginal 265 (52%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Purbba Gopinathpur988 people
- Itachona980 people
- Jayrambati972 people
- Dipa954 people
- Maharampur943 people
- Dakshin Jagannaathpur940 people
- Serpur933 people
- Bara Khanpur931 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhotar?950 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhotar in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhotar?76.5% (Census 2011)