# Bhotar Village, Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bhotar

Bhotar is a village in Goalpokhar - I sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,905 people in 544 households**, the 34th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.

- 2,905people (2011)
- 544households
- 51.6%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhotar

Of every 100 households in Bhotar in 2011, 36 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhotar · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**37%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****27%**

**20%

Television ****11%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bhotar?

■ Bhotar · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.6%**

**41.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****985**

**950

Working population ****33.1%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.3% for men and 39.4% for women. 51% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 308 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 316 (33%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 175 (18%) · **■** Marginal 163 (17%)

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 Goalpokhar - I

- Nando3,416 people
- Satbhita3,190 people
- Hariano3,159 people
- Malduar2,993 people
- Jharbari2,899 people
- Gedrigaon2,867 people
- Ibrahimpur2,864 people
- Bara Pokhar Dubkaul2,860 people

[All 152 villages in Goalpokhar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhotar?2,905 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhotar in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhotar?51.6% (Census 2011)