# Bijlichatka Village, Sitai, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Sitai, Koch Bihar 

# Bijlichatka

Bijlichatka is a village in Sitai sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,502 people in 373 households**, the 25th largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 1,502people (2011)
- 373households
- 64.9%literacy
- 1,038females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bijlichatka

Of every 100 households in Bijlichatka in 2011, 2 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Bijlichatka · ■ Sitai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**43%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**87%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****19%**

**26%

Television ****0%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****50%**

**34%

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 Bijlichatka?

■ Bijlichatka · ■ Sitai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.9%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1038**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1059**

**967

Working population ****28.0%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.5% for men and 63.4% for women. 50% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 130 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 249 (59%) · **■** Other work 8 (2%) · **■** Marginal 33 (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 Sitai

- Jatiagara1,693 people
- Nakarjan1,616 people
- Bara Adabari1,571 people
- Petia Adabari1,513 people
- Hokayaha Adabari1,465 people
- Bholachatra1,463 people
- Garanata1,431 people
- Chhat Singimari1,409 people

[All 53 villages in Sitai](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/sitai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bijlichatka?1,502 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bijlichatka in?Koch Bihar district (Sitai sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bijlichatka?64.9% (Census 2011)