# Bikuch Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bikuch

Bikuch is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **264 people in 66 households**, the 239th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 264people (2011)
- 66households
- 84.0%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bikuch

Of every 100 households in Bikuch in 2011, 43 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bikuch · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****97%**

**41%

Television ****32%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bikuch?

■ Bikuch · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.0%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**965

Working population ****36.7%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 76.9% for women. 56% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 58 (60%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (23%) · **■** Marginal 17 (18%)

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 Balurghat

- Chandipur277 people
- Kasipur277 people
- Barakhail273 people
- Dakshin Nagar267 people
- Chiknaikuri258 people
- Dasarai258 people
- Majhina254 people
- Jiapur251 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bikuch?264 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bikuch in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bikuch?84.0% (Census 2011)