# Badegahara Village, Falta – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Badegahara

Badegahara is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,257 people in 453 households**, the 36th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 2,257people (2011)
- 453households
- 72.9%literacy
- 1,017females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Badegahara

Of every 100 households in Badegahara in 2011, 62 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Badegahara · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**2%

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

**6%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****21%**

**37%

Television ****24%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**37%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Badegahara?

■ Badegahara · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.9%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1017**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1188**

**965

Working population ****32.2%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 66.2% for women. 57% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 13 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 118 (16%) · **■** Household industry 142 (20%) · **■** Other work 238 (33%) · **■** Marginal 215 (30%)

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 Falta

- Srirampur2,353 people
- Chaka2,340 people
- Niyogirat2,314 people
- Barasat2,277 people
- Basudebpur2,234 people
- Rasulpur2,202 people
- Harindanga2,171 people
- Kalagachhia2,096 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Badegahara?2,257 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Badegahara in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Badegahara?72.9% (Census 2011)