# Batishwar Village, Mathurapur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mathurapur - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Batishwar

Batishwar is a village in Mathurapur - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,343 people in 530 households**, the 23rd largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.5%.

- 2,343people (2011)
- 530households
- 72.7%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Batishwar

Of every 100 households in Batishwar in 2011, 26 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Batishwar · ■ Mathurapur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**38%

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

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**2%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****12%**

**18%

Television ****10%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****62%**

**46%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Batishwar?

■ Batishwar · ■ Mathurapur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.7%**

**73.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****786**

**982

Working population ****32.1%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 64.5% for women. 53% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (3%) · **■** Household industry 25 (3%) · **■** Other work 54 (7%) · **■** Marginal 648 (86%)

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 Mathurapur - I

- Uttar Ramnagar2,655 people
- Dakshin Janardanpur2,456 people
- Mirzapur2,427 people
- Radhakantapur2,422 people
- Paschim Ranaghat2,276 people
- Gunjirpur2,045 people
- Mukundapur1,858 people
- Andharmanik1,816 people

[All 95 villages in Mathurapur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/mathurapur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Batishwar?2,343 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Batishwar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Mathurapur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Batishwar?72.7% (Census 2011)