# Belgachhia Village, Magrahat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Magrahat - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Belgachhia

Belgachhia is a village in Magrahat - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,396 people in 258 households**, the 55th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 1,396people (2011)
- 258households
- 78.3%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belgachhia

Of every 100 households in Belgachhia in 2011, 28 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Belgachhia · ■ Magrahat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**48%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**50%

Tap water ****0%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**7%

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

**4%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****12%**

**34%

Television ****27%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****47%**

**35%

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 Belgachhia?

■ Belgachhia · ■ Magrahat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.3%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****992**

**956

Working population ****26.6%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 68.0% for women. 46% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 10 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (5%) · **■** Household industry 53 (14%) · **■** Other work 275 (74%) · **■** Marginal 16 (4%)

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 Magrahat - II

- Katkina Ishwaripur1,505 people
- Makaltala1,505 people
- Panchpara1,470 people
- Chakiswari1,409 people
- Paschim Kamar Pukuria1,310 people
- Purbba Ramanathpur1,296 people
- Bankadwar1,259 people
- Tapukur1,248 people

[All 78 villages in Magrahat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/magrahat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belgachhia?1,396 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belgachhia in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Magrahat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belgachhia?78.3% (Census 2011)