# Bagchara Village, Gaighata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bagchara

Bagchara is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,745 people in 1,390 households**, the 7th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 5,745people (2011)
- 1,390households
- 83.4%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bagchara

Of every 100 households in Bagchara in 2011, 66 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bagchara · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**3%

Tap water ****13%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**91%

Use banking services ****64%**

**47%

Television ****43%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****14%**

**17%

Own their home ****89%**

**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 Bagchara?

■ Bagchara · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.4%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****942**

**965

Working population ****35.6%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 78.9% for women. 57% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 210 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 400 (20%) · **■** Household industry 53 (3%) · **■** Other work 1,334 (65%) · **■** Marginal 48 (2%)

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 Gaighata

- Barasat7,441 people
- Angrail6,978 people
- Rampur6,936 people
- Ichhapur5,999 people
- Mondalpara5,607 people
- Jaleshwar5,602 people
- Narikela5,222 people
- Dharmpur5,090 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bagchara?5,745 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bagchara in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bagchara?83.4% (Census 2011)