# Bijay Nagar Village, Kandi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Kandi, Murshidabad 

# Bijay Nagar

Bijay Nagar is a village in Kandi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,770 people in 365 households**, the 40th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 1,770people (2011)
- 365households
- 66.3%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bijay Nagar

Of every 100 households in Bijay Nagar in 2011, 54 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bijay Nagar · ■ Kandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****34%**

**42%

Television ****15%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**33%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Bijay Nagar?

■ Bijay Nagar · ■ Kandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.3%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1149**

**963

Working population ****31.6%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.6% for men and 57.6% for women. 56% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 193 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 266 (48%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 31 (6%) · **■** Marginal 68 (12%)

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 Kandi

- Indrahata1,924 people
- Boltali1,874 people
- Durlabhpur1,828 people
- Ranagram1,814 people
- Madarhati1,764 people
- Brahmanpara1,760 people
- Kalyanpur1,753 people
- Chandanagar1,745 people

[All 93 villages in Kandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/kandi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bijay Nagar?1,770 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bijay Nagar in?Murshidabad district (Kandi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bijay Nagar?66.3% (Census 2011)