# Bhanta Village, Baruipur – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Baruipur, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bhanta

Bhanta is a village in Baruipur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,010 people in 494 households**, the 54th largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 2,010people (2011)
- 494households
- 87.6%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhanta

Of every 100 households in Bhanta in 2011, 50 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 23 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhanta · ■ Baruipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**35%

Tap water ****72%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****23%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**85%

Use banking services ****73%**

**39%

Television ****47%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**29%

Own their home ****86%**

**94%

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 Bhanta?

■ Bhanta · ■ Baruipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.6%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1198**

**954

Working population ****32.8%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.5% for men and 82.4% for women. 54% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 29 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (2%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 589 (89%) · **■** Marginal 26 (4%)

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 Baruipur

- Beralia2,214 people
- Ghola2,208 people
- Purandarpur2,066 people
- Rajgara2,020 people
- Kalikapur2,004 people
- Tripura Nagar2,001 people
- Chandanpukur1,975 people
- Chakar Bar1,951 people

[All 126 villages in Baruipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/baruipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhanta?2,010 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhanta in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Baruipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhanta?87.6% (Census 2011)