# Bargachhia Village, Amdanga – Population & Literacy

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Village · Amdanga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bargachhia

Bargachhia is a village in Amdanga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,287 people in 686 households**, the 15th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 3,287people (2011)
- 686households
- 79.2%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bargachhia

Of every 100 households in Bargachhia in 2011, 19 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bargachhia · ■ Amdanga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**18%

Tap water ****3%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**51%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**91%

Use banking services ****11%**

**50%

Television ****3%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****13%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Bargachhia?

■ Bargachhia · ■ Amdanga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.2%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****967**

**969

Working population ****37.5%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 77.4% for women. 57% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 394 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 374 (30%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 166 (13%) · **■** Marginal 292 (24%)

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 Amdanga

- Padmanavpur3,471 people
- Baichhigachhi3,402 people
- Rafipur3,372 people
- Hisabi3,349 people
- Tentulia3,139 people
- Maricha3,125 people
- Sonadanga3,081 people
- Harpara2,960 people

[All 80 villages in Amdanga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/amdanga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bargachhia?3,287 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bargachhia in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Amdanga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bargachhia?79.2% (Census 2011)