Bhangar 2 is a Block located in South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal. Situated in rural region of West Bengal, it is one of the 29 blocks of South 24 Parganas district. As per the government records, the block code of Bhangar 2 is 266. The block has 60 villages and there are total 50209 homes in this Block.
As per Census 2011, Bhangar 2's population is 246708. Out of this, 127195 are males whereas the females count 119513 here. This block has 34837 children in the age bracket of 0-6 years. Among them 17760 are boys and 17077 are girls.
Literacy rate in Bhangar 2 block is 63%. 157734 out of total 246708 population is literate here. Among males the literacy rate is 67% as 85372 males out of total 127195 are educated however female literacy rate is 60% as 72362 out of total 119513 females are educated in this Block.
The dark part is that illiteracy rate of Bhangar 2 block is 36%. Here 88974 out of total 246708 people are illiterate. Male illiteracy rate here is 32% as 41823 males out of total 127195 are illiterate. In females the illiteracy rate is 39% and 47151 out of total 119513 females are illiterate in this block.
The number of employed individual of Bhangar 2 block is 84553 while 162155 are un-employed. And out of 84553 occupied person 17808 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.