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Betahar Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Betahar is a medium size village located in Kushmundi Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 422 families residing. The Betahar village has population of 1942 of which 946 are males while 996 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Betahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 296 which makes up 15.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Betahar village is 1053 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Betahar as per census is 1070, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Betahar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Betahar village was 68.10 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Betahar Male literacy stands at 73.97 % while female literacy rate was 62.51 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Betahar village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Betahar village.

Betahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 422 - -
Population 1,942 946 996
Child (0-6) 296 143 153
Schedule Caste 729 361 368
Schedule Tribe 309 140 169
Literacy 68.10 % 73.97 % 62.51 %
Total Workers 930 528 402
Main Worker 492 - -
Marginal Worker 438 99 339

Caste Factor

In Betahar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.54 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 15.91 % of total population in Betahar village.

Work Profile

In Betahar village out of total population, 930 were engaged in work activities. 52.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 930 workers engaged in Main Work, 378 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 78 were Agricultural labourer.