# Budh Khali Village, Canning - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Canning - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Budh Khali

Budh Khali is a village in Canning - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,908 people in 1,755 households**, the 1st largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.7%.

- 8,908people (2011)
- 1,755households
- 70.9%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Budh Khali

Of every 100 households in Budh Khali in 2011, 0 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Budh Khali · ■ Canning - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****13%**

**20%

Television ****3%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****48%**

**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 Budh Khali?

■ Budh Khali · ■ Canning - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**65.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****979**

**950

Working population ****36.7%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 59.2% for women. 55% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 609 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 559 (17%) · **■** Household industry 77 (2%) · **■** Other work 303 (9%) · **■** Marginal 1,721 (53%)

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

- Devis Abad8,128 people
- Hero Bhanga7,339 people
- Kumarsa Chak7,334 people
- Khas Kumarkhali7,227 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 Budh Khali?8,908 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Budh Khali in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Budh Khali?70.9% (Census 2011)