# Bagdokara Village, Mekliganj, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Bagdokara

Bagdokara is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,453 people in 348 households**, the 26th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 1,453people (2011)
- 348households
- 71.6%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bagdokara

Of every 100 households in Bagdokara in 2011, 4 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bagdokara · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**74%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**69%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**93%

Use banking services ****76%**

**36%

Television ****3%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**38%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Bagdokara?

■ Bagdokara · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.6%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**930

Working population ****37.9%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 60.6% for women. 57% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 157 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 229 (42%) · **■** Other work 47 (9%) · **■** Marginal 117 (21%)

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 Mekliganj

- Chhota Kuchlibari1,716 people
- Shikarpur1,643 people
- Nijtaraf1,618 people
- Brahmattar Kuchlibari1,595 people
- Kharija Jamaldaha1,331 people
- Andaran Nijtaraf1,264 people
- Dakshin Uchal Pukhari1,224 people
- Uttar Dhulia Khalisa1,217 people

[All 186 villages in Mekliganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/mekliganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bagdokara?1,453 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bagdokara in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bagdokara?71.6% (Census 2011)