# Debkhanda Village, Goghat - II, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Goghat - II, Hugli 

# Debkhanda

Debkhanda is a village in Goghat - II sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,510 people in 582 households**, the 18th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.2%.

- 2,510people (2011)
- 582households
- 73.7%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Debkhanda

Of every 100 households in Debkhanda in 2011, 81 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Debkhanda · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**62%

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

**36%

Tap water ****1%**

**18%

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

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**85%

Use banking services ****31%**

**40%

Television ****39%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**11%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Debkhanda?

■ Debkhanda · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**77.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1063**

**922

Working population ****43.5%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.2% for men and 65.7% for women. 64% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 211 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 372 (34%) · **■** Household industry 43 (4%) · **■** Other work 268 (25%) · **■** Marginal 199 (18%)

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 Goghat - II

- Kamarpukur3,121 people
- Paschim Para2,975 people
- Samantakhanda2,973 people
- Khatul2,643 people
- Sundarpur2,505 people
- Laluka2,497 people
- Bhurkunda2,361 people
- Krishnaganj2,321 people

[All 112 villages in Goghat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/goghat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Debkhanda?2,510 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Debkhanda in?Hugli district (Goghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Debkhanda?73.7% (Census 2011)