# Bulchandrapur Village, Raina - II, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Raina - II, Barddhaman 

# Bulchandrapur

Bulchandrapur is a village in Raina - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,980 people in 664 households**, the 13th largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 2,980people (2011)
- 664households
- 84.3%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bulchandrapur

Of every 100 households in Bulchandrapur in 2011, 56 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bulchandrapur · ■ Raina - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**28%

Tap water ****33%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**89%

Use banking services ****95%**

**84%

Television ****37%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**9%

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

**1%

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

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Bulchandrapur?

■ Bulchandrapur · ■ Raina - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.3%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**941

Working population ****34.6%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.1% for men and 78.4% for women. 59% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 167 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 118 (11%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 373 (36%) · **■** Marginal 361 (35%)

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 Raina - II

- Painta3,841 people
- Arui3,322 people
- Baje Kowarpur3,032 people
- Daminya2,998 people
- Belar2,910 people
- Subaldaha2,741 people
- Narottambati2,654 people
- Kaiti2,644 people

[All 94 villages in Raina - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/raina-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bulchandrapur?2,980 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bulchandrapur in?Barddhaman district (Raina - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bulchandrapur?84.3% (Census 2011)