# Bidyadharpur Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Bidyadharpur

Bidyadharpur is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,175 people in 260 households**, the 50th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 1,175people (2011)
- 260households
- 59.4%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bidyadharpur

Of every 100 households in Bidyadharpur in 2011, 30 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bidyadharpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**37%

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

**18%

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

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****36%**

**75%

Use banking services ****21%**

**53%

Television ****18%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bidyadharpur?

■ Bidyadharpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.4%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****925**

**948

Working population ****51.5%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.6% for men and 50.0% for women. 64% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 96 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 263 (43%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 74 (12%) · **■** Marginal 161 (27%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Ulai1,237 people
- Alampur1,225 people
- Moheshpur1,204 people
- Mahespur1,202 people
- Sahapur1,130 people
- Telrui1,130 people
- Junshara1,097 people
- Madanmohanpur1,059 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bidyadharpur?1,175 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bidyadharpur in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bidyadharpur?59.4% (Census 2011)