# Belgachhia Village, Deganga – Population & Literacy

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Village · Deganga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Belgachhia

Belgachhia is a village in Deganga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,026 people in 930 households**, the 23rd largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.5%.

- 4,026people (2011)
- 930households
- 80.5%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belgachhia

Of every 100 households in Belgachhia in 2011, 43 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Belgachhia · ■ Deganga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**8%

Tap water ****1%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**42%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****68%**

**42%

Television ****10%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Belgachhia?

■ Belgachhia · ■ Deganga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**79.5%

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

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****925**

**969

Working population ****36.0%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 78.8% for women. 63% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 514 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 268 (18%) · **■** Household industry 83 (6%) · **■** Other work 244 (17%) · **■** Marginal 340 (23%)

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 Deganga

- Amulia4,443 people
- Khejurdanga4,370 people
- Jhikra4,315 people
- Fazilpur4,084 people
- Shwetpur3,989 people
- Gobardhanpur3,985 people
- Dogachhia3,915 people
- Kamdebkati3,893 people

[All 107 villages in Deganga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/deganga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belgachhia?4,026 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belgachhia in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Deganga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belgachhia?80.5% (Census 2011)