# Bikna Village, Bankura - II, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - II, Bankura 

# Bikna

Bikna is a village in Bankura - II sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,876 people in 789 households**, the 3rd largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 3,876people (2011)
- 789households
- 74.9%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bikna

Of every 100 households in Bikna in 2011, 45 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bikna · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**82%

Tap water ****42%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****39%**

**56%

Use banking services ****69%**

**58%

Television ****34%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Bikna?

■ Bikna · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.9%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****883**

**924

Working population ****33.3%**

**37.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.1% for men and 65.6% for women. 53% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 110 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 106 (8%) · **■** Household industry 107 (8%) · **■** Other work 700 (54%) · **■** Marginal 266 (21%)

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 - II

- Syamdaspur4,714 people
- Sanbanda3,971 people
- Junbede3,493 people
- Sonamui3,284 people
- Narra3,266 people
- Kanchanpur3,206 people

[All 154 villages in Bankura - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bikna?3,876 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bikna in?Bankura district (Bankura - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bikna?74.9% (Census 2011)