# Debkunda Village, Beldanga - I, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Beldanga - I, Murshidabad 

# Debkunda

Debkunda is a village in Beldanga - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **11,429 people in 2,263 households**, the 11th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.9%.

- 11,429people (2011)
- 2,263households
- 73.5%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Debkunda

Of every 100 households in Debkunda in 2011, 51 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Debkunda · ■ Beldanga - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**46%

Tap water ****22%**

**17%

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

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**92%

Use banking services ****12%**

**21%

Television ****22%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**29%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Debkunda?

■ Debkunda · ■ Beldanga - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**69.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1060**

**974

Working population ****32.2%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 72.7% for women. 52% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 497 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 275 (7%) · **■** Household industry 268 (7%) · **■** Other work 1,831 (50%) · **■** Marginal 804 (22%)

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 Beldanga - I

- Bishannagar12,896 people
- Hareknagar12,703 people
- Gopinathpur12,522 people
- Mahala11,793 people
- Begunbari10,983 people
- Maniknagar9,649 people
- Sarulia9,417 people
- Jhunka8,783 people

[All 65 villages in Beldanga - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/beldanga-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Debkunda?11,429 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Debkunda in?Murshidabad district (Beldanga - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Debkunda?73.5% (Census 2011)