# Bijalkona Village, Goghat - I, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Goghat - I, Hugli 

# Bijalkona

Bijalkona is a village in Goghat - I sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,702 people in 363 households**, the 29th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.7%.

- 1,702people (2011)
- 363households
- 76.8%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bijalkona

Of every 100 households in Bijalkona in 2011, 36 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bijalkona · ■ Goghat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**39%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****46%**

**44%

Television ****16%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**15%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Bijalkona?

■ Bijalkona · ■ Goghat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.8%**

**78.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1034**

**941

Working population ****43.9%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 69.1% for women. 65% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 163 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 289 (39%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 97 (13%) · **■** Marginal 191 (26%)

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 Goghat - I

- Dahiakanda1,800 people
- Nabasan1,797 people
- Raghubati1,785 people
- Belibela1,751 people
- Ratanpur1,643 people
- Kulia1,632 people
- Mandalghanti1,627 people
- Khorda Kanpur1,524 people

[All 99 villages in Goghat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/goghat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bijalkona?1,702 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bijalkona in?Hugli district (Goghat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bijalkona?76.8% (Census 2011)