# Katiarbag Village, Basirhat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Katiarbag

Katiarbag is a village in Basirhat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,430 people in 322 households**, the 48th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 1,430people (2011)
- 322households
- 74.3%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Katiarbag

Of every 100 households in Katiarbag in 2011, 66 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Katiarbag · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**22%

Tap water ****32%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****24%**

**41%

Television ****26%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Katiarbag?

■ Katiarbag · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.3%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**969

Working population ****34.2%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.2% for men and 72.2% for women. 61% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 63 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 159 (33%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 245 (50%) · **■** Marginal 19 (4%)

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 - II

- Chak Farasatpur1,769 people
- Swaruppur1,687 people
- Nagarkachua1,597 people
- Akatpur1,473 people
- Rajapur1,423 people
- Bishnupur1,400 people
- Kalikapur1,392 people
- Shib Chandrapur1,360 people

[All 67 villages in Basirhat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Katiarbag?1,430 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Katiarbag in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Katiarbag?74.3% (Census 2011)