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

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Village · Amdanga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bhaluka

Bhaluka is a village in Amdanga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,830 people in 888 households**, the 9th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 3,830people (2011)
- 888households
- 78.6%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhaluka

Of every 100 households in Bhaluka in 2011, 73 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Bhaluka · ■ Amdanga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**18%

Tap water ****4%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**91%

Use banking services ****72%**

**50%

Television ****40%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**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 Bhaluka?

■ Bhaluka · ■ Amdanga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.6%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****989**

**969

Working population ****40.7%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 73.4% for women. 60% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 123 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 658 (42%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 500 (32%) · **■** Marginal 264 (17%)

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

- Adhata4,883 people
- Sikra4,194 people
- Arkhali4,033 people
- Amdanga3,855 people
- Shashipur3,630 people
- Padmanavpur3,471 people
- Baichhigachhi3,402 people
- Rafipur3,372 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 Bhaluka?3,830 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhaluka in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Amdanga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhaluka?78.6% (Census 2011)