# Bagrakanda Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Bagrakanda

Bagrakanda is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **840 people in 181 households**, the 78th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 840people (2011)
- 181households
- 64.7%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bagrakanda

Of every 100 households in Bagrakanda in 2011, 36 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bagrakanda · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**85%

Use banking services ****100%**

**57%

Television ****26%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bagrakanda?

■ Bagrakanda · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.7%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****837**

**961

Working population ****47.6%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 56.4% for women. 62% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 67 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 293 (73%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 32 (8%) · **■** Marginal 2 (0%)

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 Sainthia

- Uttar Khayerbuni918 people
- Dhabajal894 people
- Nirisha858 people
- Matipur851 people
- Parishar840 people
- Tekadyaha838 people
- Bara826 people
- Bangram823 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bagrakanda?840 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bagrakanda in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bagrakanda?64.7% (Census 2011)