# Asurhat Village, Bongaon – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Asurhat

Asurhat is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **716 people in 174 households**, the 140th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 716people (2011)
- 174households
- 79.1%literacy
- 884females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Asurhat

Of every 100 households in Asurhat in 2011, 0 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Asurhat · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**56%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****35%**

**38%

Television ****0%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

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

**22%

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 Asurhat?

■ Asurhat · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.1%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****884**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1034**

**962

Working population ****50.6%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 73.9% for women. 69% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 93 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (16%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 23 (6%) · **■** Marginal 187 (52%)

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 Bongaon

- Kalyanpur790 people
- Majdob772 people
- Janipur725 people
- Magurkhali719 people
- Joka692 people
- Berkrishnapur690 people
- Talkola686 people
- Kaikhali569 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Asurhat?716 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Asurhat in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Asurhat?79.1% (Census 2011)