# Budhra Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Budhra

Budhra is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,465 people in 472 households**, the 50th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 2,465people (2011)
- 472households
- 51.6%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Budhra

Of every 100 households in Budhra in 2011, 20 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Budhra · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**26%

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

**21%

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

**78%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****19%**

**19%

Television ****5%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Budhra?

■ Budhra · ■ Karandighi rural average

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

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**943

Working population ****44.1%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.3% for men and 42.4% for women. 51% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 199 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 230 (21%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 213 (20%) · **■** Marginal 442 (41%)

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 Karandighi

- Parua2,533 people
- Alianagar2,527 people
- Balia2,514 people
- Bahangaon2,507 people
- Mankaur2,463 people
- Singardaha2,425 people
- Baliamani2,414 people
- Maheshbathna2,370 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Budhra?2,465 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Budhra in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Budhra?51.6% (Census 2011)