# Belul Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Belul

Belul is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,075 people in 245 households**, the 104th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,075people (2011)
- 245households
- 49.4%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belul

Of every 100 households in Belul in 2011, 0 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Belul · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****8%**

**16%

Television ****4%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**32%

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 Belul?

■ Belul · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.4%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****931**

**955

Working population ****35.5%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.1% for men and 39.6% for women. 58% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 79 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 256 (67%) · **■** Other work 39 (10%) · **■** Marginal 8 (2%)

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 Itahar

- Titiha1,108 people
- Marnai1,086 people
- Mirzatpur1,082 people
- Kumedpur1,076 people
- Aldhanda1,044 people
- Chitor1,027 people
- Bara Kundana1,026 people
- Ramdanga1,014 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belul?1,075 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belul in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belul?49.4% (Census 2011)