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

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Belta

Belta is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,606 people in 885 households**, the 33rd largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 3,606people (2011)
- 885households
- 82.9%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belta

Of every 100 households in Belta in 2011, 41 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Belta · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**42%

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

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**19%

Tap water ****31%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****49%**

**38%

Television ****24%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****20%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Belta?

■ Belta · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.9%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1059**

**962

Working population ****32.4%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.8% for men and 78.8% for women. 57% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 338 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 536 (46%) · **■** Household industry 18 (2%) · **■** Other work 149 (13%) · **■** Marginal 127 (11%)

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

- Sehalapara3,859 people
- Polta3,843 people
- Serpur3,740 people
- Chalki3,690 people
- Ganrapota3,538 people
- Mollahati3,430 people
- Paschim Ramchandrapur3,350 people
- Ambikapur Mamudpur3,248 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 Belta?3,606 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belta in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belta?82.9% (Census 2011)