# Baikunthapur Village, Farakka, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Farakka, Murshidabad 

# Baikunthapur

Baikunthapur is a village in Farakka sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,730 people in 804 households**, the 15th largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.4%.

- 3,730people (2011)
- 804households
- 51.4%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baikunthapur

Of every 100 households in Baikunthapur in 2011, 16 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baikunthapur · ■ Farakka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**28%

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

**71%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**23%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****27%**

**70%

Use banking services ****45%**

**44%

Television ****7%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Baikunthapur?

■ Baikunthapur · ■ Farakka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.4%**

**58.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1036**

**956

Working population ****46.1%**

**44.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.9% for men and 45.4% for women. 52% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 4 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (1%) · **■** Household industry 369 (21%) · **■** Other work 909 (53%) · **■** Marginal 427 (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 Farakka

- Andhua4,090 people
- Bahadurpur4,079 people
- Sahabazpur3,984 people
- Alaipur3,969 people
- Gobindarampur3,589 people
- Chauki3,576 people
- Dohitpur3,272 people
- Pachula Gram3,088 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baikunthapur?3,730 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baikunthapur in?Murshidabad district (Farakka sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baikunthapur?51.4% (Census 2011)