# Bara Tikra Village, Jamalpur, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Jamalpur, Barddhaman 

# Bara Tikra

Bara Tikra is a village in Jamalpur sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,702 people in 414 households**, the 67th largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.1%.

- 1,702people (2011)
- 414households
- 81.4%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Tikra

Of every 100 households in Bara Tikra in 2011, 63 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bara Tikra · ■ Jamalpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**46%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**33%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**84%

Use banking services ****68%**

**65%

Television ****27%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Bara Tikra?

■ Bara Tikra · ■ Jamalpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.4%**

**74.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**982

Working population ****51.1%**

**44.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.0% for men and 74.3% for women. 68% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 261 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 133 (15%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 84 (10%) · **■** Marginal 376 (43%)

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 Jamalpur

- Jotshriram1,780 people
- Dhap Dhara1,771 people
- Jotdakshin1,705 people
- Ujirpur1,705 people
- Siptai1,637 people
- Habaspur1,479 people
- Dadpur1,430 people
- Basishtapur1,386 people

[All 123 villages in Jamalpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/jamalpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Tikra?1,702 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Tikra in?Barddhaman district (Jamalpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Tikra?81.4% (Census 2011)