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

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bhelagachi

Bhelagachi is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,370 people in 289 households**, the 76th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,370people (2011)
- 289households
- 64.7%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhelagachi

Of every 100 households in Bhelagachi in 2011, 27 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhelagachi · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**82%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****13%**

**16%

Television ****7%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**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 Bhelagachi?

■ Bhelagachi · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.7%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1022**

**955

Working population ****45.4%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.6% for men and 50.4% for women. 61% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 220 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 173 (28%) · **■** Other work 29 (5%) · **■** Marginal 200 (32%)

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

- Banbol1,435 people
- Nalbhiti Madhabpur1,404 people
- Chandol1,383 people
- Parmeswarbati1,371 people
- Dhamdhol1,361 people
- Khorna1,327 people
- Thilbil1,322 people
- Bajitpur1,311 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhelagachi?1,370 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhelagachi in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhelagachi?64.7% (Census 2011)