# Badikanai Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Badikanai

Badikanai is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,102 people in 273 households**, the 48th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 1,102people (2011)
- 273households
- 65.0%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Badikanai

Of every 100 households in Badikanai in 2011, 0 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Badikanai · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**33%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****50%**

**93%

Use banking services ****14%**

**25%

Television ****0%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**33%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Badikanai?

■ Badikanai · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.0%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1338**

**951

Working population ****48.4%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.6% for men and 60.2% for women. 57% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 112 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 286 (54%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 19 (4%) · **■** Marginal 115 (22%)

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 Kumarganj

- Ajhair1,139 people
- Mohana1,122 people
- Krishnapur1,110 people
- Bhagabatipur1,105 people
- Agachha1,069 people
- Tilna1,067 people
- Balta1,066 people
- Chak Mohan1,037 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Badikanai?1,102 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Badikanai in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Badikanai?65.0% (Census 2011)