# Bet Kalan Village, Gopiballavpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gopiballavpur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Bet Kalan

Bet Kalan is a village in Gopiballavpur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **606 people in 130 households**, the 53rd largest of 199 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 606people (2011)
- 130households
- 66.0%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bet Kalan

Of every 100 households in Bet Kalan in 2011, 95 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bet Kalan · ■ Gopiballavpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****72%**

**37%

Television ****19%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**22%

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 Bet Kalan?

■ Bet Kalan · ■ Gopiballavpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.0%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1105**

**953

Working population ****31.7%**

**43.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 54.3% for women. 54% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 94 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (42%) · **■** Other work 16 (8%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Gopiballavpur - I

- Hatimara613 people
- Pitanau613 people
- Bara Sol611 people
- Pandachhencha608 people
- Gopal Pur606 people
- Bel Barya605 people
- Ghora Pincha605 people
- Chunghati589 people

[All 216 villages in Gopiballavpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/gopiballavpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bet Kalan?606 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bet Kalan in?Paschim Medinipur district (Gopiballavpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bet Kalan?66.0% (Census 2011)