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

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Polta

Polta is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,843 people in 933 households**, the 30th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 3,843people (2011)
- 933households
- 84.6%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Polta

Of every 100 households in Polta in 2011, 61 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Polta · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**19%

Tap water ****16%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**56%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**92%

Use banking services ****35%**

**38%

Television ****30%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****17%**

**22%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Polta?

■ Polta · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.6%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****927**

**962

Working population ****36.8%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 80.3% for women. 61% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 302 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 312 (22%) · **■** Household industry 67 (5%) · **■** Other work 577 (41%) · **■** Marginal 157 (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

- Kamdebpur4,011 people
- Gobrapur3,912 people
- Bhandarkola3,902 people
- Sehalapara3,859 people
- Serpur3,740 people
- Chalki3,690 people
- Belta3,606 people
- Ganrapota3,538 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 Polta?3,843 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Polta in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Polta?84.6% (Census 2011)