# Ikra Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Ikra

Ikra is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,231 people in 294 households**, the 43rd largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 1,231people (2011)
- 294households
- 74.1%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ikra

Of every 100 households in Ikra in 2011, 34 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ikra · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**85%

Use banking services ****47%**

**57%

Television ****26%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**33%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Ikra?

■ Ikra · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.1%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**961

Working population ****44.8%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 69.3% for women. 62% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 156 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 221 (40%) · **■** Other work 68 (12%) · **■** Marginal 107 (19%)

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

- Bangjita1,298 people
- Mitrapur1,267 people
- Barasangra1,253 people
- Kaluraypur1,240 people
- Deriapur1,218 people
- Bholagaria1,216 people
- Juita1,203 people
- Uttar Amarpur1,192 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ikra?1,231 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ikra in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ikra?74.1% (Census 2011)