# Bhetkakhali Village, Budge Budge - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Budge Budge - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bhetkakhali

Bhetkakhali is a village in Budge Budge - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,519 people in 368 households**, the 36th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 1,519people (2011)
- 368households
- 75.9%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhetkakhali

Of every 100 households in Bhetkakhali in 2011, 49 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhetkakhali · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**44%

Tap water ****98%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**91%

Use banking services ****27%**

**46%

Television ****31%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**26%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Bhetkakhali?

■ Bhetkakhali · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.9%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****870**

**981

Working population ****34.3%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 69.7% for women. 62% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 10 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (3%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 239 (46%) · **■** Marginal 252 (48%)

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 Budge Budge - II

- Dosatina1,825 people
- Aripara1,722 people
- Dhanchebaria1,709 people
- Maheswarpur1,641 people
- Kamra1,500 people
- Shubhi1,481 people
- Bidira1,462 people
- Chak Paran1,424 people

[All 61 villages in Budge Budge - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/budge-budge-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhetkakhali?1,519 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhetkakhali in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Budge Budge - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhetkakhali?75.9% (Census 2011)