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

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Bishkodar

Bishkodar is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **839 people in 177 households**, the 79th largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 839people (2011)
- 177households
- 75.5%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bishkodar

Of every 100 households in Bishkodar in 2011, 39 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bishkodar · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****68%**

**68%

Television ****20%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**22%

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 Bishkodar?

■ Bishkodar · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.5%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****945**

**954

Working population ****58.5%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 69.5% for women. 60% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 112 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (4%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 19 (4%) · **■** Marginal 341 (69%)

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

- Jirra Kelai856 people
- Bijpur853 people
- Jamtara849 people
- Jamthol848 people
- Murgathol832 people
- Lakshmishol828 people
- Shirpura826 people
- Kalipur812 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bishkodar?839 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bishkodar in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bishkodar?75.5% (Census 2011)