# Bachalu Village, Sutahata, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sutahata, Purba Medinipur 

# Bachalu

Bachalu is a village in Sutahata sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,145 people in 262 households**, the 50th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.2%.

- 1,145people (2011)
- 262households
- 84.6%literacy
- 1,005females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bachalu

Of every 100 households in Bachalu in 2011, 43 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bachalu · ■ Sutahata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**20%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****27%**

**38%

Television ****18%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****46%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**93%

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 Bachalu?

■ Bachalu · ■ Sutahata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.6%**

**85.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1005**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1250**

**974

Working population ****32.8%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.1% for men and 78.9% for women. 60% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 145 (39%) · **■** Household industry 12 (3%) · **■** Other work 180 (48%) · **■** Marginal 30 (8%)

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 Sutahata

- Manirampur1,171 people
- Jamal Chak1,164 people
- Bangopalpur1,160 people
- Latpatia1,149 people
- Uttar Basulia1,137 people
- Bhupati Nagar986 people
- Uttar Kalinagar951 people
- Finga929 people

[All 80 villages in Sutahata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sutahata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bachalu?1,145 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bachalu in?Purba Medinipur district (Sutahata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bachalu?84.6% (Census 2011)