# Baikara Village, Gaighata – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Baikara

Baikara is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,056 people in 771 households**, the 32nd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 3,056people (2011)
- 771households
- 87.3%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baikara

Of every 100 households in Baikara in 2011, 80 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Baikara · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**3%

Tap water ****27%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**91%

Use banking services ****60%**

**47%

Television ****46%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****9%**

**17%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Baikara?

■ Baikara · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.3%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**965

Working population ****39.7%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.4% for men and 82.9% for women. 63% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 186 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 250 (21%) · **■** Household industry 23 (2%) · **■** Other work 718 (59%) · **■** Marginal 35 (3%)

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

- Gazna3,238 people
- Tentulbaria3,178 people
- Amkola3,175 people
- Shimulia3,169 people
- Chandigar3,051 people
- Subidpur3,029 people
- Shutia2,977 people
- Duma2,976 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 Baikara?3,056 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baikara in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baikara?87.3% (Census 2011)