# Bhelai Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bhelai

Bhelai is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,294 people in 320 households**, the 60th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,294people (2011)
- 320households
- 58.5%literacy
- 1,012females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhelai

Of every 100 households in Bhelai in 2011, 16 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhelai · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****11%**

**34%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**20%

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 Bhelai?

■ Bhelai · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.5%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1012**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**969

Working population ****44.7%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.8% for men and 51.2% for women. 52% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 59 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 270 (47%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 55 (10%) · **■** Marginal 192 (33%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Kaludanga1,367 people
- Natuadangi1,365 people
- Dhamja1,332 people
- Harekrishnapur1,320 people
- Dakshin Krishnapur1,279 people
- Beurjhari1,259 people
- Jarang1,250 people
- Kuanrpur1,243 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhelai?1,294 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhelai in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhelai?58.5% (Census 2011)