# Bolhanja Village, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bolhanja

Bolhanja is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,880 people in 580 households**, the 35th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 2,880people (2011)
- 580households
- 57.1%literacy
- 902females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bolhanja

Of every 100 households in Bolhanja in 2011, 62 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bolhanja · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**79%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****88%**

**62%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****29%**

**20%

Television ****31%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**40%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Bolhanja?

■ Bolhanja · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.1%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****935**

**967

Working population ****32.0%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.6% for men and 49.8% for women. 52% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 110 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 133 (14%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 608 (66%) · **■** Marginal 66 (7%)

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 Islampur

- Kalanagin3,265 people
- Chhatish3,257 people
- Pothia3,108 people
- Benikandar2,901 people
- Rampur2,855 people
- Masidkhas2,808 people
- Nandoi2,790 people
- Masid Kismat2,660 people

[All 101 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bolhanja?2,880 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bolhanja in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bolhanja?57.1% (Census 2011)