# Bakalsa Village, Burdwan - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Burdwan - I, Barddhaman 

# Bakalsa

Bakalsa is a village in Burdwan - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,337 people in 325 households**, the 47th largest of 75 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.8%.

- 1,337people (2011)
- 325households
- 62.8%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bakalsa

Of every 100 households in Bakalsa in 2011, 19 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bakalsa · ■ Burdwan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**48%

Tap water ****29%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**43%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**74%

Use banking services ****83%**

**50%

Television ****28%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****36%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**93%

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 Bakalsa?

■ Bakalsa · ■ Burdwan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.8%**

**74.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912**

**981

Working population ****34.4%**

**41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.8% for men and 55.7% for women. 61% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 55 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 146 (32%) · **■** Other work 254 (55%) · **■** Marginal 5 (1%)

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 Burdwan - I

- Shonpur1,603 people
- Kamarkita1,535 people
- Pilkhuri1,505 people
- Chandutia1,416 people
- Belkash1,244 people
- Tentulia1,236 people
- Sapar1,201 people
- Nityanandapur1,193 people

[All 76 villages in Burdwan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/burdwan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bakalsa?1,337 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bakalsa in?Barddhaman district (Burdwan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bakalsa?62.8% (Census 2011)