# Bakipur Village, Chanchal - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - I, Maldah 

# Bakipur

Bakipur is a village in Chanchal - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,489 people in 368 households**, the 51st largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 1,489people (2011)
- 368households
- 57.8%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bakipur

Of every 100 households in Bakipur in 2011, 14 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bakipur · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****13%**

**42%

Television ****7%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**34%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bakipur?

■ Bakipur · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.8%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1216**

**944

Working population ****44.8%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.7% for men and 52.2% for women. 61% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 157 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 186 (28%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 176 (26%) · **■** Marginal 145 (22%)

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 Chanchal - I

- Rajapur1,651 people
- Uttar Gopalpur1,633 people
- Ashapur1,619 people
- Uttar Basantapur1,498 people
- Bamua1,449 people
- Shaktihar1,410 people
- Kusmai1,384 people
- Tarapur1,376 people

[All 100 villages in Chanchal - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bakipur?1,489 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bakipur in?Maldah district (Chanchal - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bakipur?57.8% (Census 2011)