# Bakcha Village, Jangipara, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jangipara, Hugli 

# Bakcha

Bakcha is a village in Jangipara sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,156 people in 250 households**, the 67th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 1,156people (2011)
- 250households
- 68.9%literacy
- 1,050females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bakcha

Of every 100 households in Bakcha in 2011, 78 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bakcha · ■ Jangipara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**36%

Tap water ****0%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**25%

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

**9%

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

**81%

Use banking services ****3%**

**49%

Television ****12%**

**38%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**11%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bakcha?

■ Bakcha · ■ Jangipara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.9%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1050**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****867**

**952

Working population ****55.5%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.5% for men and 61.9% for women. 64% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 42 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 230 (36%) · **■** Household industry 72 (11%) · **■** Other work 81 (13%) · **■** Marginal 217 (34%)

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 Jangipara

- Hosenpur1,233 people
- Tara1,217 people
- Arabindapur1,175 people
- Dakshin Dilakash1,171 people
- Gopalnagar1,106 people
- Mohanpur1,101 people
- Satghara1,093 people
- Palgachha1,075 people

[All 128 villages in Jangipara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/jangipara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bakcha?1,156 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bakcha in?Hugli district (Jangipara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bakcha?68.9% (Census 2011)