# Baksa Village, Bagda, North Twenty Four Parganas (West Bengal)

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Village · Bagda, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Baksa

Baksa is a village in Bagda sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,239 people in 758 households**, the 22nd largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 3,239people (2011)
- 758households
- 80.8%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baksa

Of every 100 households in Baksa in 2011, 68 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Baksa · ■ Bagda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**91%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**7%

Tap water ****3%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****87%**

**63%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****87%**

**41%

Television ****37%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**21%

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 Baksa?

■ Baksa · ■ Bagda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.8%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****763**

**970

Working population ****32.4%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 75.6% for women. 58% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 370 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 549 (52%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 66 (6%) · **■** Marginal 57 (5%)

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 Bagda

- Gangulia3,483 people
- Meherani3,446 people
- Asharu3,436 people
- Pathuria3,374 people
- Kulanandapur3,223 people
- Diara3,084 people
- Kurulia3,025 people
- Amdob2,992 people

[All 108 villages in Bagda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bagda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baksa?3,239 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baksa in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bagda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baksa?80.8% (Census 2011)