Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura
# Baikunthapur

Baikunthapur is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 716 people in 150 households, the 80th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 33.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.
- 716 people (2011)
- 150 households
- 33.6% literacy
- 1,081 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baikunthapur

Of every 100 households in Baikunthapur in 2011, 14 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baikunthapur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average
- Electricity for lighting 14% 37%
- Toilet within the home 1% 18%
- No toilet (open defecation) 99% 81%
- Tap water 16% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 4% 35%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 75%
- Use banking services 3% 53%
- Television 4% 17%
- Mobile phone 7% 31%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 80% 22%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Baikunthapur?

■ Baikunthapur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 33.6% 66.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1081 945
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1396 948
- Working population 49.0% 45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 41.6% for men and 25.9% for women. 59% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 6 (2%) · ■ Farm labourers 59 (17%) · ■ Other work 250 (71%) · ■ Marginal 36 (10%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Sonamukhi
- Parbbatia 738 people
- Panasol 736 people
- Bhedomushal 722 people
- Narayan Sundari 718 people
- Beshia 716 people
- Rautara 709 people
- Shyamnagar 708 people
- Panchkula 706 people

All 186 villages in Sonamukhi

## Other places named Baikunthapur
- Baikunthapur · Village, Pursura, Hugli · 8,794 people
- Baikunthapur · Village, Shyampur - II, Haora · 4,653 people
- Baikunthapur · Village, Ratua - I, Maldah · 3,968 people
- Baikunthapur · Village, Farakka, Murshidabad · 3,730 people
- Baikunthapur · Village, Burdwan - II, Barddhaman · 2,742 people
- Baikunthapur · Village, Hezamara, West Tripura · 2,645 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Baikunthapur? 716 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baikunthapur in? Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baikunthapur? 33.6% (Census 2011)

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