# Baikunthapur Village, Gangarampur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Baikunthapur

Baikunthapur is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,245 people in 286 households**, the 60th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 1,245people (2011)
- 286households
- 78.4%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baikunthapur

Of every 100 households in Baikunthapur in 2011, 55 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baikunthapur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**95%

Use banking services ****40%**

**27%

Television ****19%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**37%

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 Baikunthapur?

■ Baikunthapur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**936

Working population ****46.1%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 72.3% for women. 61% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 360 (63%) · **■** Farm labourers 139 (24%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 23 (4%) · **■** Marginal 48 (8%)

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 Gangarampur

- Lalchandrapur1,320 people
- Sahanali1,266 people
- Janchi1,263 people
- Jaydebpur1,253 people
- Saidpur1,234 people
- Bhoral1,232 people
- Singfarka1,215 people
- Chalunda1,187 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baikunthapur?1,245 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baikunthapur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baikunthapur?78.4% (Census 2011)