# Bakkeshwar Village, Polba - Dadpur, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Polba - Dadpur, Hugli 

# Bakkeshwar

Bakkeshwar is a village in Polba - Dadpur sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,083 people in 268 households**, the 97th largest of 193 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.1%.

- 1,083people (2011)
- 268households
- 73.5%literacy
- 1,009females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bakkeshwar

Of every 100 households in Bakkeshwar in 2011, 32 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bakkeshwar · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**50%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**21%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**86%

Use banking services ****37%**

**56%

Television ****17%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**14%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**14%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bakkeshwar?

■ Bakkeshwar · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**75.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1009**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1135**

**942

Working population ****47.8%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 66.0% for women. 62% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 92 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 346 (67%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 30 (6%) · **■** Marginal 44 (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 Polba - Dadpur

- Kagjipara1,108 people
- Ati1,107 people
- Narayanpara1,095 people
- Mirzzapur1,089 people
- Milichita1,063 people
- Kantul1,041 people
- Kapashtikri1,041 people
- Hodla1,036 people

[All 194 villages in Polba - Dadpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/polba-dadpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bakkeshwar?1,083 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bakkeshwar in?Hugli district (Polba - Dadpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bakkeshwar?73.5% (Census 2011)