# Bagchar Village, Minakhan – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Minakhan, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bagchar

Bagchar is a village in Minakhan sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,428 people in 726 households**, the 15th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.1%.

- 3,428people (2011)
- 726households
- 73.4%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bagchar

Of every 100 households in Bagchar in 2011, 30 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bagchar · ■ Minakhan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**14%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**94%

Use banking services ****12%**

**29%

Television ****8%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**44%

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 Bagchar?

■ Bagchar · ■ Minakhan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**71.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****995**

**961

Working population ****31.8%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.5% for men and 68.1% for women. 56% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 62 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 319 (29%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 195 (18%) · **■** Marginal 504 (46%)

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 Minakhan

- Bargan Gopalpur4,065 people
- Kushangra3,827 people
- Matbari3,606 people
- Kachurhula3,540 people
- Tentulbaria3,316 people
- Mallick Gheri3,151 people
- Malancha2,965 people
- Kadihati2,904 people

[All 73 villages in Minakhan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/minakhan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bagchar?3,428 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bagchar in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Minakhan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bagchar?73.4% (Census 2011)