# Bakhra Village, Ratua - I, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Ratua - I, Maldah 

# Bakhra

Bakhra is a village in Ratua - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,491 people in 715 households**, the 32nd largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%.

- 3,491people (2011)
- 715households
- 56.8%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bakhra

Of every 100 households in Bakhra in 2011, 29 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bakhra · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**73%

Tap water ****3%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**33%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**89%

Use banking services ****62%**

**24%

Television ****11%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**38%

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 Bakhra?

■ Bakhra · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.8%**

**60.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1122**

**959

Working population ****28.6%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.1% for men and 49.1% for women. 54% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 53 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 174 (17%) · **■** Other work 298 (30%) · **■** Marginal 473 (47%)

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

- Saha Nagar3,585 people
- Alpara3,556 people
- Narottampur3,554 people
- Gobindapur3,492 people
- Haripur Gopi3,300 people
- Chandipur3,259 people
- Khanpur3,173 people
- Arazi Haragobindapur3,147 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bakhra?3,491 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bakhra in?Maldah district (Ratua - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bakhra?56.8% (Census 2011)