# Baikunthapur Village, Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Baikunthapur

Baikunthapur is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,493 people in 618 households**, the 5th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 2,493people (2011)
- 618households
- 73.1%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baikunthapur

Of every 100 households in Baikunthapur in 2011, 54 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Baikunthapur · ■ Hilli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**60%

Tap water ****32%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**86%

Use banking services ****27%**

**36%

Television ****38%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**32%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 · ■ Hilli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.1%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****862**

**966

Working population ****39.2%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 67.2% for women. 56% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 104 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (3%) · **■** Household industry 72 (7%) · **■** Other work 446 (46%) · **■** Marginal 326 (33%)

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 Hilli

- Aptair3,655 people
- Jamalpur3,618 people
- Kismat Dapt3,163 people
- Purbba Raynagar2,618 people
- Domran2,295 people
- Basudebpur2,205 people
- Hilli2,185 people
- Binsira2,090 people

[All 82 villages in Hilli](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/hilli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baikunthapur?2,493 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baikunthapur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baikunthapur?73.1% (Census 2011)