# Bachhua Village, Garbeta - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/garbeta-i/bachhua/

Village · Garbeta - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Bachhua

Bachhua is a village in Garbeta - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **732 people in 176 households**, the 102nd largest of 306 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 732people (2011)
- 176households
- 69.0%literacy
- 848females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bachhua

Of every 100 households in Bachhua in 2011, 58 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bachhua · ■ Garbeta - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**69%

Tap water ****0%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**20%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**87%

Use banking services ****59%**

**62%

Television ****23%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Bachhua?

■ Bachhua · ■ Garbeta - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.0%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****848**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****567**

**951

Working population ****33.7%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 58.6% for women. 54% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 75 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 80 (32%) · **■** Household industry 9 (4%) · **■** Other work 28 (11%) · **■** Marginal 55 (22%)

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 Garbeta - I

- Molunia758 people
- Sharsa757 people
- Nalpa748 people
- Kantapal734 people
- Ghorapota725 people
- Ghoramara717 people
- Krishnanagar714 people
- Maulara706 people

[All 369 villages in Garbeta - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/garbeta-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bachhua?732 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bachhua in?Paschim Medinipur district (Garbeta - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bachhua?69.0% (Census 2011)