# Bankipur Village, Manikchak, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Manikchak, Maldah 

# Bankipur

Bankipur is a village in Manikchak sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,028 people in 219 households**, the 58th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.8%.

- 1,028people (2011)
- 219households
- 70.1%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bankipur

Of every 100 households in Bankipur in 2011, 36 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bankipur · ■ Manikchak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**23%

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

**25%

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

**74%

Tap water ****3%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**49%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**85%

Use banking services ****48%**

**30%

Television ****16%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**51%

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 Bankipur?

■ Bankipur · ■ Manikchak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**57.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****717**

**950

Working population ****39.9%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 61.6% for women. 51% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 54 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 202 (49%) · **■** Other work 44 (11%) · **■** Marginal 110 (27%)

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 Manikchak

- Biswambhar Binodpur1,325 people
- Gobindapur1,323 people
- Nazirpur Sahebdi1,266 people
- Chandpur1,261 people
- Uttar Dharampur846 people
- Gauripur843 people
- Bagdukra838 people
- Bhakta Ballabhpur827 people

[All 89 villages in Manikchak](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/manikchak/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bankipur?1,028 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bankipur in?Maldah district (Manikchak sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bankipur?70.1% (Census 2011)