# Bhotbari Village, Mekliganj, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Bhotbari

Bhotbari is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **993 people in 270 households**, the 41st largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 993people (2011)
- 270households
- 63.4%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhotbari

Of every 100 households in Bhotbari in 2011, 8 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhotbari · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**69%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****54%**

**36%

Television ****5%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**38%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bhotbari?

■ Bhotbari · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.4%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****905**

**930

Working population ****52.7%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.6% for men and 54.5% for women. 60% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 257 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (14%) · **■** Other work 15 (3%) · **■** Marginal 178 (34%)

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 Mekliganj

- Dakshin Fulkardabri1,063 people
- Uttar Fulkar Dabri Bajejama1,049 people
- Fulkardabri1,044 people
- Dakshin Nijtaraf1,007 people
- Madhya Panisala981 people
- Kharija Gopalpur979 people
- Purbba Upanchauki Kuchlibari972 people
- Paschim Gopalpur970 people

[All 186 villages in Mekliganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/mekliganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhotbari?993 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhotbari in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhotbari?63.4% (Census 2011)