# Belu Village, Amdanga – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Amdanga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Belu

Belu is a village in Amdanga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,528 people in 339 households**, the 55th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 1,528people (2011)
- 339households
- 72.8%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belu

Of every 100 households in Belu in 2011, 31 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 13 a car.

■ Belu · ■ Amdanga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**18%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**51%

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

**4%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****75%**

**50%

Television ****22%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****13%**

**3%

None of these assets ****11%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Belu?

■ Belu · ■ Amdanga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1079**

**969

Working population ****33.2%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.0% for men and 70.6% for women. 60% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 186 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 125 (25%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 178 (35%) · **■** Marginal 13 (3%)

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

- Gajbanda1,713 people
- Chankia1,658 people
- Kharu1,651 people
- Panchpota1,608 people
- Durlabhpur1,502 people
- Mahadebpur1,467 people
- Kaipukharia1,417 people
- Madanpur1,416 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 Belu?1,528 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belu in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Amdanga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belu?72.8% (Census 2011)