# Bhagitpur Village, Indus, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Indus, Bankura 

# Bhagitpur

Bhagitpur is a village in Indus sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **747 people in 179 households**, the 86th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 747people (2011)
- 179households
- 73.7%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhagitpur

Of every 100 households in Bhagitpur in 2011, 44 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Bhagitpur · ■ Indus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**66%

Tap water ****55%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**28%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**80%

Use banking services ****33%**

**39%

Television ****29%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**18%

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 Bhagitpur?

■ Bhagitpur · ■ Indus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1043**

**964

Working population ****49.0%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 60.8% for women. 66% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 111 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 179 (49%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 29 (8%) · **■** Marginal 46 (13%)

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 Indus

- Uttar Khanda770 people
- Belbandbi768 people
- Banberia765 people
- Meral762 people
- Bajitpur745 people
- Baktarpur744 people
- Fatika742 people
- Khayerbani732 people

[All 131 villages in Indus](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/indus/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhagitpur?747 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhagitpur in?Bankura district (Indus sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhagitpur?73.7% (Census 2011)