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

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Village · Ketugram - I, Barddhaman 

# Bakalsa

Bakalsa is a village in Ketugram - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,373 people in 311 households**, the 41st largest of 62 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.

- 1,373people (2011)
- 311households
- 54.1%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bakalsa

Of every 100 households in Bakalsa in 2011, 45 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Bakalsa · ■ Ketugram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**60%

Tap water ****15%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**3%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****65%**

**68%

Television ****28%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**42%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 · ■ Ketugram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.1%**

**68.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****872**

**955

Working population ****28.6%**

**34.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.8% for men and 47.4% for women. 49% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 96 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 166 (42%) · **■** Household industry 10 (3%) · **■** Other work 51 (13%) · **■** Marginal 69 (18%)

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 Ketugram - I

- Kantadihi2,161 people
- Biruri1,815 people
- Murutia1,576 people
- Mahula1,411 people
- Malgram1,275 people
- Bira1,163 people
- Mitratikuri1,131 people
- Beninagar1,109 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bakalsa?1,373 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bakalsa in?Barddhaman district (Ketugram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bakalsa?54.1% (Census 2011)