# Bakpukhuria Village, Basirhat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bakpukhuria

Bakpukhuria is a village in Basirhat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,875 people in 390 households**, the 42nd largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 1,875people (2011)
- 390households
- 74.0%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bakpukhuria

Of every 100 households in Bakpukhuria in 2011, 50 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bakpukhuria · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**33%

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

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****44%**

**41%

Television ****9%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**26%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Bakpukhuria?

■ Bakpukhuria · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.0%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****877**

**969

Working population ****33.0%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 73.5% for women. 60% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 86 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 161 (26%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 207 (33%) · **■** Marginal 158 (26%)

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 Basirhat - II

- Uttar Debipur2,089 people
- Dugbaria2,074 people
- Chak Kalikapur1,950 people
- Kharidanga1,938 people
- Karulia1,831 people
- Chak Farasatpur1,769 people
- Swaruppur1,687 people
- Nagarkachua1,597 people

[All 67 villages in Basirhat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bakpukhuria?1,875 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bakpukhuria in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bakpukhuria?74.0% (Census 2011)