# Bhaleya Village, Canning - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Canning - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bhaleya

Bhaleya is a village in Canning - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,858 people in 1,017 households**, the 7th largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.7%.

- 5,858people (2011)
- 1,017households
- 52.2%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhaleya

Of every 100 households in Bhaleya in 2011, 10 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhaleya · ■ Canning - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**4%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**95%

Use banking services ****18%**

**20%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**2%

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

**38%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bhaleya?

■ Bhaleya · ■ Canning - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.2%**

**65.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1092**

**950

Working population ****28.3%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.0% for men and 46.2% for women. 46% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 289 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (6%) · **■** Household industry 221 (13%) · **■** Other work 152 (9%) · **■** Marginal 899 (54%)

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 Canning - I

- Hero Bhanga7,339 people
- Kumarsa Chak7,334 people
- Khas Kumarkhali7,227 people
- Dattababur Abad6,095 people
- Sibnagar5,667 people
- Modhu Khali5,546 people
- Uttar Angad Baria5,141 people
- Uttar Redokhali5,006 people

[All 53 villages in Canning - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/canning-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhaleya?5,858 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhaleya in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhaleya?52.2% (Census 2011)