# Bota Village, Raninagar - I, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Raninagar - I, Murshidabad 

# Bota

Bota is a village in Raninagar - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,035 people in 264 households**, the 38th largest of 57 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.0%.

- 1,035people (2011)
- 264households
- 65.8%literacy
- 1,014females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bota

Of every 100 households in Bota in 2011, 80 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bota · ■ Raninagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**47%

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

**0%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****81%**

**27%

Television ****14%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****49%**

**38%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Bota?

■ Bota · ■ Raninagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.8%**

**65.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1014**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1040**

**992

Working population ****40.0%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.1% for men and 65.5% for women. 63% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 69 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 170 (41%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 65 (16%) · **■** Marginal 109 (26%)

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 Raninagar - I

- Khemrajpur1,302 people
- Raipur1,262 people
- Srirampur1,127 people
- Baliharpur1,056 people
- Maheswarpuri1,029 people
- Raghunathpur1,014 people
- Borakuli933 people
- Chainpara909 people

[All 63 villages in Raninagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/raninagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bota?1,035 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bota in?Murshidabad district (Raninagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bota?65.8% (Census 2011)