# Bijpur Village, Chhatna, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Bijpur

Bijpur is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **853 people in 164 households**, the 76th largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 853people (2011)
- 164households
- 58.6%literacy
- 811females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bijpur

Of every 100 households in Bijpur in 2011, 86 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bijpur · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**9%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**80%

Use banking services ****83%**

**68%

Television ****37%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**22%

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 Bijpur?

■ Bijpur · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.6%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****811**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****721**

**954

Working population ****51.7%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.7% for men and 41.4% for women. 59% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 64 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 43 (10%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 49 (11%) · **■** Marginal 284 (64%)

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 Chhatna

- Hans Pahari870 people
- Metela864 people
- Kulyara862 people
- Jirra Kelai856 people
- Jamtara849 people
- Jamthol848 people
- Bishkodar839 people
- Murgathol832 people

[All 287 villages in Chhatna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/chhatna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bijpur?853 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bijpur in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bijpur?58.6% (Census 2011)