# Baksi Village, Raipur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Raipur, Bankura 

# Baksi

Baksi is a village in Raipur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,351 people in 294 households**, the 31st largest of 197 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,351people (2011)
- 294households
- 82.0%literacy
- 884females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baksi

Of every 100 households in Baksi in 2011, 48 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Baksi · ■ Raipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**92%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**92%

Use banking services ****69%**

**66%

Television ****21%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Baksi?

■ Baksi · ■ Raipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.0%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****884**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****888**

**930

Working population ****33.0%**

**46.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.2% for men and 73.9% for women. 51% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 95 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 157 (35%) · **■** Household industry 30 (7%) · **■** Other work 62 (14%) · **■** Marginal 102 (23%)

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 Raipur

- Pirra1,441 people
- Krishna Nagar1,406 people
- Sirsa1,365 people
- Golor1,355 people
- Bhagra1,309 people
- Sagarchaka1,301 people
- Lagda1,273 people
- Jamda1,272 people

[All 205 villages in Raipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/raipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baksi?1,351 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baksi in?Bankura district (Raipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baksi?82.0% (Census 2011)