# Baikunthapur Village, Ratua - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Ratua - I, Maldah 

# Baikunthapur

Baikunthapur is a village in Ratua - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,968 people in 849 households**, the 26th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%.

- 3,968people (2011)
- 849households
- 72.3%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baikunthapur

Of every 100 households in Baikunthapur in 2011, 63 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Baikunthapur · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**2%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****42%**

**24%

Television ****32%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**38%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Baikunthapur?

■ Baikunthapur · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**60.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****907**

**959

Working population ****30.3%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.5% for men and 65.5% for women. 51% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 78 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 278 (23%) · **■** Household industry 56 (5%) · **■** Other work 490 (41%) · **■** Marginal 302 (25%)

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 Ratua - I

- Lakshmipur4,170 people
- Jannagar4,140 people
- Debipur4,070 people
- Karbana4,046 people
- Bampal Charkhi3,946 people
- Saha Nagar3,585 people
- Alpara3,556 people
- Narottampur3,554 people

[All 101 villages in Ratua - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/ratua-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baikunthapur?3,968 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baikunthapur in?Maldah district (Ratua - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baikunthapur?72.3% (Census 2011)