# Baukhola Village, Minakhan – Population & Literacy

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Village · Minakhan, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Baukhola

Baukhola is a village in Minakhan sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,690 people in 995 households**, the 10th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.1%.

- 4,690people (2011)
- 995households
- 73.0%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baukhola

Of every 100 households in Baukhola in 2011, 11 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baukhola · ■ Minakhan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**14%

Tap water ****23%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****28%**

**29%

Television ****2%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**44%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Baukhola?

■ Baukhola · ■ Minakhan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.0%**

**71.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1100**

**961

Working population ****30.6%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.7% for men and 68.2% for women. 51% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 169 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 437 (30%) · **■** Household industry 29 (2%) · **■** Other work 280 (20%) · **■** Marginal 518 (36%)

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

- Bamanpukuria6,421 people
- Jaygram5,962 people
- Debitala5,744 people
- Taplakushangra4,738 people
- Bargan Gopalpur4,065 people
- Kushangra3,827 people
- Matbari3,606 people
- Kachurhula3,540 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 Baukhola?4,690 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baukhola in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Minakhan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baukhola?73.0% (Census 2011)