# Char Bidyarabad Village, Basanti – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basanti, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Char Bidyarabad

Char Bidyarabad is a village in Basanti sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **13,035 people in 2,619 households**, the 5th largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 13,035people (2011)
- 2,619households
- 56.1%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Char Bidyarabad

Of every 100 households in Char Bidyarabad in 2011, 2 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Char Bidyarabad · ■ Basanti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**57%

Tap water ****25%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**2%

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

**0%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****12%**

**18%

Television ****4%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****51%**

**46%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Char Bidyarabad?

■ Char Bidyarabad · ■ Basanti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.1%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****935**

**971

Working population ****35.4%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.8% for men and 47.3% for women. 50% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 367 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,283 (28%) · **■** Household industry 87 (2%) · **■** Other work 621 (13%) · **■** Marginal 2,256 (49%)

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 Basanti

- Lot No 12615,695 people
- Bhangonkhali15,127 people
- Phul Malancha14,614 people
- Kathalberia14,113 people
- Goran Bose12,642 people
- Kumarkhali12,021 people
- Sonakhali10,582 people
- Dhuri9,411 people

[All 66 villages in Basanti](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/basanti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Char Bidyarabad?13,035 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Char Bidyarabad in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Basanti sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Char Bidyarabad?56.1% (Census 2011)