# Bidyanagar Village, Purbasthali - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Purbasthali - I, Barddhaman 

# Bidyanagar

Bidyanagar is a village in Purbasthali - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,332 people in 339 households**, the 39th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 1,332people (2011)
- 339households
- 78.3%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bidyanagar

Of every 100 households in Bidyanagar in 2011, 39 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bidyanagar · ■ Purbasthali - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**40%

Tap water ****99%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**25%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**81%

Use banking services ****47%**

**48%

Television ****25%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**26%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Bidyanagar?

■ Bidyanagar · ■ Purbasthali - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.3%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****817**

**954

Working population ****46.7%**

**39.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 73.3% for women. 61% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (8%) · **■** Household industry 21 (3%) · **■** Other work 82 (13%) · **■** Marginal 437 (70%)

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 Purbasthali - I

- Kachua1,493 people
- Rajapur1,433 people
- Sulantu1,351 people
- Maudanga1,347 people
- Malgaria1,328 people
- Sahazadpur1,324 people
- Paranpur1,312 people
- Belgaria1,230 people

[All 95 villages in Purbasthali - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/purbasthali-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bidyanagar?1,332 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bidyanagar in?Barddhaman district (Purbasthali - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bidyanagar?78.3% (Census 2011)