# Silkhuri Bas Village, Cooch Behar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar 

# Silkhuri Bas

Silkhuri Bas is a village in Cooch Behar - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,175 people in 515 households**, the 46th largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 2,175people (2011)
- 515households
- 74.3%literacy
- 999females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Silkhuri Bas

Of every 100 households in Silkhuri Bas in 2011, 24 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Silkhuri Bas · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**52%

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

**47%

Tap water ****21%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****87%**

**83%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****19%**

**40%

Television ****6%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**36%

Own their home ****89%**

**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 Silkhuri Bas?

■ Silkhuri Bas · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.3%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****999**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1079**

**942

Working population ****40.5%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 67.0% for women. 60% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 246 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 329 (37%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 175 (20%) · **■** Marginal 126 (14%)

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 Cooch Behar - I

- Nakkati2,276 people
- Bara Atharakotha2,275 people
- Moamari2,231 people
- Harinchaowra2,216 people
- Sitalbas2,157 people
- Lankabar2,137 people
- Kachamari2,104 people
- Charaker Kuthi Dewanbas2,091 people

[All 143 villages in Cooch Behar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/cooch-behar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Silkhuri Bas?2,175 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Silkhuri Bas in?Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Silkhuri Bas?74.3% (Census 2011)