# Bhikanpur Village, Jewar, Gautam Buddha Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jewar, Gautam Buddha Nagar 

# Bhikanpur

Bhikanpur is a village in Jewar sub-district of Gautam Buddha Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,080 people in 173 households**, the 61st largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.

- 1,080people (2011)
- 173households
- 78.1%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhikanpur

Of every 100 households in Bhikanpur in 2011, 31 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 33 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Bhikanpur · ■ Jewar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**66%

Tap water ****100%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**68%

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

**10%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****73%**

**68%

Television ****52%**

**43%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****33%**

**26%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**4%

None of these assets ****7%**

**12%

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 Bhikanpur?

■ Bhikanpur · ■ Jewar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**71.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**856

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****936**

**813

Working population ****23.8%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.0% for men and 66.1% for women. 43% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 97 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (30%) · **■** Other work 17 (7%) · **■** Marginal 67 (26%)

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 Jewar

- Dhansia1,219 people
- Jaunchana1,219 people
- Rustampur1,192 people
- Chachura1,153 people
- Shamsham Nagar1,067 people
- Govindgarh996 people
- Dubli975 people
- Pachokara928 people

[All 92 villages in Jewar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gautam-buddha-nagar/jewar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhikanpur?1,080 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhikanpur in?Gautam Buddha Nagar district (Jewar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bhikanpur?78.1% (Census 2011)