# Bengaldai Village, Mathabhanga - I, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Mathabhanga - I, Koch Bihar 

# Bengaldai

Bengaldai is a village in Mathabhanga - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **559 people in 138 households**, the 82nd largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.5%.

- 559people (2011)
- 138households
- 73.4%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bengaldai

Of every 100 households in Bengaldai in 2011, 20 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 1 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bengaldai · ■ Mathabhanga - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**41%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**57%

Tap water ****7%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****75%**

**78%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****0%**

**31%

Television ****0%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****1%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****90%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Bengaldai?

■ Bengaldai · ■ Mathabhanga - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**71.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1029**

**946

Working population ****31.1%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 63.9% for women. 52% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 53 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (39%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 8 (5%) · **■** Marginal 44 (25%)

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 Mathabhanga - I

- Uttar Kharija Gopalpur665 people
- Paschim Jamirdanga635 people
- Kharija Kesharibari612 people
- Uchal Pukhari603 people
- Nagar Mathabhanga480 people
- Gopalpur463 people
- Kharija Ratanpur433 people
- Chhat Gopalpur395 people

[All 102 villages in Mathabhanga - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/mathabhanga-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bengaldai?559 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bengaldai in?Koch Bihar district (Mathabhanga - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bengaldai?73.4% (Census 2011)