# Debhog Village, Basirhat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Debhog

Debhog is a village in Basirhat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,430 people in 1,020 households**, the 10th largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.1%.

- 4,430people (2011)
- 1,020households
- 66.3%literacy
- 1,005females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Debhog

Of every 100 households in Debhog in 2011, 30 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Debhog · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**70%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**25%

Tap water ****7%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**19%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****41%**

**29%

Television ****6%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****37%**

**26%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Debhog?

■ Debhog · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.3%**

**72.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1005**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**953

Working population ****43.3%**

**36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.0% for men and 63.7% for women. 59% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 105 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 291 (15%) · **■** Household industry 114 (6%) · **■** Other work 816 (42%) · **■** Marginal 594 (31%)

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 Basirhat - I

- Gotra5,894 people
- Pipha5,760 people
- Merudandi4,730 people
- Hariharpur4,477 people
- Goknashri Gobindapur4,110 people
- Lakshmankati3,520 people
- Bansjhari Mallikpur3,447 people
- Patilachandra3,425 people

[All 60 villages in Basirhat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Debhog?4,430 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Debhog in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Debhog?66.3% (Census 2011)