Village · Sitai, Koch Bihar
# Bholachatra

Bholachatra is a village in Sitai sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,463 people in 352 households, the 27th largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.
- 1,463 people (2011)
- 352 households
- 63.8% literacy
- 933 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bholachatra

Of every 100 households in Bholachatra in 2011, 40 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bholachatra · ■ Sitai rural average
- Electricity for lighting 40% 15%
- Toilet within the home 77% 56%
- No toilet (open defecation) 20% 43%
- Tap water 5% 6%
- Drinking water within premises 94% 87%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 97% 97%
- Use banking services 23% 26%
- Television 16% 7%
- Mobile phone 26% 25%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 2%
- None of these assets 46% 34%
- Own their home 94% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Bholachatra?

■ Bholachatra · ■ Sitai rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 63.8% 62.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 933 970
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 835 967
- Working population 40.3% 45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.7% for men and 59.7% for women. 54% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 146 (25%) · ■ Farm labourers 177 (30%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 111 (19%) · ■ Marginal 154 (26%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Sitai
- Bara Adabari 1,571 people
- Petia Adabari 1,513 people
- Bijlichatka 1,502 people
- Hokayaha Adabari 1,465 people
- Garanata 1,431 people
- Chhat Singimari 1,409 people
- Kajalikura 1,245 people
- Nagarsitai 1,174 people

All 53 villages in Sitai

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Bholachatra? 1,463 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bholachatra in? Koch Bihar district (Sitai sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bholachatra? 63.8% (Census 2011)

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