# Bakreswar Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Dubrajpur, Birbhum 

# Bakreswar

Bakreswar is a village in Dubrajpur sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,741 people in 443 households**, the 25th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 1,741people (2011)
- 443households
- 80.1%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bakreswar

Of every 100 households in Bakreswar in 2011, 44 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bakreswar · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****59%**

**77%

Use banking services ****40%**

**51%

Television ****33%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**22%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Bakreswar?

■ Bakreswar · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.1%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****981**

**980

Working population ****29.6%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.0% for men and 70.2% for women. 53% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 12 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 155 (30%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 195 (38%) · **■** Marginal 151 (29%)

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 Dubrajpur

- Selarpur1,914 people
- Baljuri1,913 people
- Palashdanga1,783 people
- Kuita1,769 people
- Jophlai1,729 people
- Loba1,718 people
- Basahari1,709 people
- Bodhgram1,705 people

[All 227 villages in Dubrajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/dubrajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bakreswar?1,741 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bakreswar in?Birbhum district (Dubrajpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bakreswar?80.1% (Census 2011)