Village · Minakhan, North Twenty Four Parganas
# Bhatka

Bhatka is a village in Minakhan sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,143 people in 278 households, the 57th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.1%.
- 1,143 people (2011)
- 278 households
- 91.1% literacy
- 908 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhatka

Of every 100 households in Bhatka in 2011, 42 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhatka · ■ Minakhan rural average
- Electricity for lighting 42% 26%
- Toilet within the home 91% 80%
- No toilet (open defecation) 9% 14%
- Tap water 0% 10%
- Drinking water within premises 33% 20%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 94%
- Use banking services 24% 29%
- Television 2% 9%
- Mobile phone 29% 29%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 36% 44%
- Own their home 100% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Bhatka?

■ Bhatka · ■ Minakhan rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 91.1% 71.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 908 956
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 853 961
- Working population 30.5% 34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.4% for men and 86.5% for women. 54% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 17 (5%) · ■ Farm labourers 20 (6%) · ■ Household industry 18 (5%) · ■ Other work 158 (45%) · ■ Marginal 136 (39%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Minakhan
- Simuldaha 1,344 people
- Golaghata 1,213 people
- Chak Ahammadpur 1,162 people
- Baidyerati 1,158 people
- Magri 1,112 people
- Gar 1,066 people
- Baligari 1,025 people
- Ghipukuria 814 people

All 73 villages in Minakhan

## Other places named Bhatka
- Bhatka · Village, Nurpur, Kangra · 485 people
- Bhatka · Village, Dhira, Kangra · 83 people
- Bhatka · Village, Arki, Solan · 23 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Bhatka? 1,143 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhatka in? North Twenty Four Parganas district (Minakhan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhatka? 91.1% (Census 2011)

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