# Bilkandi Village, Nalhati - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Nalhati - I, Birbhum 

# Bilkandi

Bilkandi is a village in Nalhati - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,715 people in 470 households**, the 45th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.5%.

- 1,715people (2011)
- 470households
- 80.8%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bilkandi

Of every 100 households in Bilkandi in 2011, 38 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bilkandi · ■ Nalhati - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****30%**

**46%

Television ****17%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****49%**

**41%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Bilkandi?

■ Bilkandi · ■ Nalhati - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.8%**

**75.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**959

Working population ****35.1%**

**35.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 73.2% for women. 60% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 127 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 279 (46%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 26 (4%) · **■** Marginal 168 (28%)

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 Nalhati - I

- Tailpara1,876 people
- Khanpur1,834 people
- Pusur1,796 people
- Takipur1,761 people
- Raghunathpur1,710 people
- Barsar1,703 people
- Kogram1,699 people
- Bhola1,688 people

[All 94 villages in Nalhati - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/nalhati-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bilkandi?1,715 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bilkandi in?Birbhum district (Nalhati - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bilkandi?80.8% (Census 2011)