# Bikal Nagar Village, Beldanga - II, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Beldanga - II, Murshidabad 

# Bikal Nagar

Bikal Nagar is a village in Beldanga - II sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,841 people in 1,113 households**, the 21st largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 4,841people (2011)
- 1,113households
- 71.9%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bikal Nagar

Of every 100 households in Bikal Nagar in 2011, 36 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bikal Nagar · ■ Beldanga - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**57%

Tap water ****8%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**60%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****29%**

**24%

Television ****22%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**32%

Own their home ****89%**

**96%

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 Bikal Nagar?

■ Bikal Nagar · ■ Beldanga - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.9%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1007**

**968

Working population ****35.6%**

**33.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 69.5% for women. 58% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 398 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 343 (20%) · **■** Household industry 207 (12%) · **■** Other work 470 (27%) · **■** Marginal 304 (18%)

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 Beldanga - II

- Bachhara5,127 people
- Mahata5,000 people
- Mian4,968 people
- Gholla4,881 people
- Kataikona4,191 people
- Sadhukhali4,154 people
- Dakshin Bachhara4,112 people
- Kadkhali3,769 people

[All 71 villages in Beldanga - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/beldanga-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bikal Nagar?4,841 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bikal Nagar in?Murshidabad district (Beldanga - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bikal Nagar?71.9% (Census 2011)