# Purbba Bijnagar Village, Katwa - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Katwa - I, Barddhaman 

# Purbba Bijnagar

Purbba Bijnagar is a village in Katwa - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,679 people in 396 households**, the 33rd largest of 63 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.9%.

- 1,679people (2011)
- 396households
- 74.1%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbba Bijnagar

Of every 100 households in Purbba Bijnagar in 2011, 50 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purbba Bijnagar · ■ Katwa - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**45%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**54%

Tap water ****54%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**27%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**88%

Use banking services ****46%**

**60%

Television ****32%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Purbba Bijnagar?

■ Purbba Bijnagar · ■ Katwa - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.1%**

**69.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**966

Working population ****35.2%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.8% for men and 68.2% for women. 64% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 141 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 90 (15%) · **■** Household industry 24 (4%) · **■** Other work 112 (19%) · **■** Marginal 224 (38%)

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 Katwa - I

- Baghtona1,883 people
- Kalsa1,798 people
- Narayanpur1,789 people
- Bholshuni1,760 people
- Baura1,654 people
- Ekaihat1,590 people
- Panchghara1,548 people
- Bainchi1,545 people

[All 66 villages in Katwa - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/katwa-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbba Bijnagar?1,679 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbba Bijnagar in?Barddhaman district (Katwa - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbba Bijnagar?74.1% (Census 2011)