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

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Village · Patrasayer, Bankura 

# Bijpur

Bijpur is a village in Patrasayer sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,879 people in 422 households**, the 26th largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 1,879people (2011)
- 422households
- 54.7%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bijpur

Of every 100 households in Bijpur in 2011, 33 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bijpur · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**22%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**81%

Use banking services ****35%**

**44%

Television ****19%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**19%

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 Bijpur?

■ Bijpur · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.7%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1031**

**946

Working population ****44.1%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.2% for men and 48.1% for women. 62% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 137 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 371 (45%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 140 (17%) · **■** Marginal 177 (21%)

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 Patrasayer

- Ratnapur2,089 people
- Kushadwip1,953 people
- Habib Pushkarini1,915 people
- Pandua1,907 people
- Barasat1,840 people
- Padua1,813 people
- Mahesnandi1,782 people
- Pan Pushkarini1,762 people

[All 160 villages in Patrasayer](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/patrasayer/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bijpur?1,879 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bijpur in?Bankura district (Patrasayer sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bijpur?54.7% (Census 2011)