# Baicha Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Baicha

Baicha is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **590 people in 146 households**, the 80th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 590people (2011)
- 146households
- 73.8%literacy
- 1,021females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baicha

Of every 100 households in Baicha in 2011, 20 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Baicha · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**81%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**92%

Use banking services ****52%**

**55%

Television ****13%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****16%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Baicha?

■ Baicha · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.8%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1032**

**975

Working population ****49.3%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.3% for men and 68.4% for women. 63% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 45 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 240 (82%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Haturia627 people
- Podda614 people
- Layekpur609 people
- Pahana601 people
- Namakanda583 people
- Kanksa563 people
- Samachar547 people
- Lokra534 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baicha?590 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baicha in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baicha?73.8% (Census 2011)