# Bhikurdihi Village, Bankura - I, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - I, Bankura 

# Bhikurdihi

Bhikurdihi is a village in Bankura - I sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,147 people in 191 households**, the 26th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 1,147people (2011)
- 191households
- 74.5%literacy
- 998females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhikurdihi

Of every 100 households in Bhikurdihi in 2011, 39 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhikurdihi · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**25%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**6%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****42%**

**68%

Use banking services ****65%**

**35%

Television ****8%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**26%

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 Bhikurdihi?

■ Bhikurdihi · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****998**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**961

Working population ****31.5%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 65.3% for women. 58% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 73 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (3%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 201 (56%) · **■** Marginal 74 (20%)

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 Bankura - I

- Sanaband1,238 people
- Ailakundi1,207 people
- Kalpathar1,173 people
- Patalkhuri1,149 people
- Patakala1,105 people
- Manushmura1,088 people
- Dabra1,077 people
- Chhendua1,064 people

[All 150 villages in Bankura - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhikurdihi?1,147 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhikurdihi in?Bankura district (Bankura - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhikurdihi?74.5% (Census 2011)