# Bihar Pushkarini Village, Indus, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Indus, Bankura 

# Bihar Pushkarini

Bihar Pushkarini is a village in Indus sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **599 people in 126 households**, the 97th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 599people (2011)
- 126households
- 69.1%literacy
- 1,037females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bihar Pushkarini

Of every 100 households in Bihar Pushkarini in 2011, 92 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bihar Pushkarini · ■ Indus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**66%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****45%**

**80%

Use banking services ****86%**

**39%

Television ****49%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**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 Bihar Pushkarini?

■ Bihar Pushkarini · ■ Indus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1037**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1115**

**964

Working population ****40.7%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 60.5% for women. 60% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 56 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 45 (18%) · **■** Marginal 141 (58%)

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

- Dharmapur672 people
- Chhota Gobindapur655 people
- Chhatra Khanda645 people
- Nandi Para616 people
- Nunduri594 people
- Goala Pushkarini575 people
- Gopalpur558 people
- Haldi546 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bihar Pushkarini?599 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bihar Pushkarini in?Bankura district (Indus sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bihar Pushkarini?69.1% (Census 2011)