# Betberya Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Betberya

Betberya is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,249 people in 274 households**, the 68th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 1,249people (2011)
- 274households
- 86.5%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Betberya

Of every 100 households in Betberya in 2011, 80 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Betberya · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**7%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****74%**

**44%

Television ****34%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Betberya?

■ Betberya · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.5%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****988**

**942

Working population ****34.5%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.0% for men and 79.4% for women. 54% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 45 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (8%) · **■** Household industry 26 (6%) · **■** Other work 154 (36%) · **■** Marginal 170 (39%)

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 Kolaghat

- Ray Chak1,394 people
- Uttar Markandapur1,381 people
- Khadinan1,371 people
- Purbba Saoraberya1,293 people
- Kulia1,217 people
- Amir Chak1,201 people
- Nankar Banka Dangar1,193 people
- Padima Chak1,160 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Betberya?1,249 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Betberya in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Betberya?86.5% (Census 2011)