# Bijail Village, Habibpur, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/habibpur/bijail/

Village · Habibpur, Maldah 

# Bijail

Bijail is a village in Habibpur sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,610 people in 356 households**, the 26th largest of 233 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.8%.

- 1,610people (2011)
- 356households
- 49.3%literacy
- 1,075females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bijail

Of every 100 households in Bijail in 2011, 1 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bijail · ■ Habibpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**81%

Tap water ****15%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**95%

Use banking services ****14%**

**22%

Television ****2%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**40%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bijail?

■ Bijail · ■ Habibpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.3%**

**55.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1075**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**950

Working population ****66.7%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.9% for men and 42.3% for women. 69% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 463 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (5%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 30 (3%) · **■** Marginal 519 (48%)

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 Habibpur

- Mianagar1,749 people
- Srirampur1,746 people
- Nirail1,695 people
- Bhabuk1,675 people
- Oltara1,562 people
- Talpukur1,560 people
- Aragachhi1,508 people
- Dhala Kandar1,470 people

[All 287 villages in Habibpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/habibpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bijail?1,610 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bijail in?Maldah district (Habibpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bijail?49.3% (Census 2011)