# Borakhata Village, Cooch Behar - II, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Cooch Behar - II, Koch Bihar 

# Borakhata

Borakhata is a village in Cooch Behar - II sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **560 people in 126 households**, the 89th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.5%.

- 560people (2011)
- 126households
- 84.3%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Borakhata

Of every 100 households in Borakhata in 2011, 35 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Borakhata · ■ Cooch Behar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**30%

Tap water ****84%**

**10%

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

**79%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****16%**

**93%

Use banking services ****49%**

**35%

Television ****21%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Borakhata?

■ Borakhata · ■ Cooch Behar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.3%**

**80.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**908

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1227**

**966

Working population ****36.2%**

**37.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 78.7% for women. 60% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 60 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (19%) · **■** Household industry 12 (6%) · **■** Other work 62 (31%) · **■** Marginal 30 (15%)

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 Cooch Behar - II

- Garubhasa642 people
- Ghargharia Prathamkhanda641 people
- Salmara Tritiakhanda610 people
- Chharar Kuthi608 people
- Paschim Chapaguri547 people
- Kakanguri523 people
- Kamarangaguri485 people
- Damodarpur481 people

[All 111 villages in Cooch Behar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/cooch-behar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Borakhata?560 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Borakhata in?Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Borakhata?84.3% (Census 2011)