# Bhikanpur Village, Deoband, Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Deoband, Saharanpur 

# Bhikanpur

Bhikanpur is a village in Deoband sub-district of Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **564 people in 106 households**, the 158th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 564people (2011)
- 106households
- 66.0%literacy
- 819females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhikanpur

Of every 100 households in Bhikanpur in 2011, 57 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhikanpur · ■ Deoband rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**76%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**88%

Use banking services ****100%**

**75%

Television ****54%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**24%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**10%

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 Bhikanpur?

■ Bhikanpur · ■ Deoband rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.0%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****819**

**880

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**862

Working population ****26.2%**

**29.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 51.3% for women. 45% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 48 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (59%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 10 (7%)

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 Deoband

- Rampur630 people
- Mayaheri597 people
- Rahmatpur591 people
- Makanpur583 people
- Faridpur546 people
- Fatehullapur Koli545 people
- Chandpur Kayasth541 people
- Kutubpur Labdaula Mu.517 people

[All 236 villages in Deoband](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/saharanpur/deoband/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhikanpur?564 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhikanpur in?Saharanpur district (Deoband sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bhikanpur?66.0% (Census 2011)