# Bagdabra Village, Farakka, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Farakka, Murshidabad 

# Bagdabra

Bagdabra is a village in Farakka sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,284 people in 446 households**, the 23rd largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.4%.

- 2,284people (2011)
- 446households
- 35.6%literacy
- 857females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bagdabra

Of every 100 households in Bagdabra in 2011, 13 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bagdabra · ■ Farakka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**71%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**23%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**70%

Use banking services ****26%**

**44%

Television ****4%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**31%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Bagdabra?

■ Bagdabra · ■ Farakka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****35.6%**

**58.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****857**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****783**

**956

Working population ****28.0%**

**44.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 45.0% for men and 24.9% for women. 42% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 172 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 53 (8%) · **■** Household industry 42 (7%) · **■** Other work 50 (8%) · **■** Marginal 323 (50%)

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 Farakka

- Pachula Gram3,088 people
- Chandore2,791 people
- Kendua2,408 people
- Sikarpur2,328 people
- Kashinagar2,076 people
- Samaspur1,615 people
- Tulsi Pukur1,570 people
- Hosenpur1,504 people

[All 66 villages in Farakka](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/farakka/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bagdabra?2,284 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bagdabra in?Murshidabad district (Farakka sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bagdabra?35.6% (Census 2011)