# Batikara Village, Hirbandh, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hirbandh, Bankura 

# Batikara

Batikara is a village in Hirbandh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,047 people in 212 households**, the 27th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 1,047people (2011)
- 212households
- 68.2%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Batikara

Of every 100 households in Batikara in 2011, 34 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Batikara · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****93%**

**50%

Television ****6%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Batikara?

■ Batikara · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.2%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****754**

**969

Working population ****45.7%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 55.0% for women. 48% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 187 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 18 (4%) · **■** Marginal 263 (55%)

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 Hirbandh

- Debidia1,228 people
- Diktor1,188 people
- Nischintapur1,127 people
- Nanda1,062 people
- Brahma Danga1,037 people
- Gopalpur999 people
- Asberya957 people
- Pakhuria947 people

[All 121 villages in Hirbandh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/hirbandh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Batikara?1,047 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Batikara in?Bankura district (Hirbandh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Batikara?68.2% (Census 2011)