# Kathalberia Village, Basanti – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basanti, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kathalberia

Kathalberia is a village in Basanti sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **14,113 people in 2,721 households**, the 4th largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 14,113people (2011)
- 2,721households
- 58.4%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kathalberia

Of every 100 households in Kathalberia in 2011, 20 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kathalberia · ■ Basanti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**57%

Tap water ****34%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**95%

Use banking services ****15%**

**18%

Television ****7%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**2%

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

**46%

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 Kathalberia?

■ Kathalberia · ■ Basanti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.4%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1006**

**971

Working population ****30.6%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.1% for men and 52.6% for women. 48% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 534 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 681 (16%) · **■** Household industry 492 (11%) · **■** Other work 980 (23%) · **■** Marginal 1,633 (38%)

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
- Char Bidyarabad13,035 people
- Goran Bose12,642 people
- Kumarkhali12,021 people
- Sonakhali10,582 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 Kathalberia?14,113 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kathalberia in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Basanti sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kathalberia?58.4% (Census 2011)