# Bagpota Village, Chandrakona - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chandrakona - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Bagpota

Bagpota is a village in Chandrakona - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,518 people in 317 households**, the 24th largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.0%.

- 1,518people (2011)
- 317households
- 84.9%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bagpota

Of every 100 households in Bagpota in 2011, 66 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bagpota · ■ Chandrakona - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**35%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**63%

Tap water ****27%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**88%

Use banking services ****81%**

**54%

Television ****30%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bagpota?

■ Bagpota · ■ Chandrakona - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.9%**

**77.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1072**

**974

Working population ****53.2%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.4% for men and 80.0% for women. 70% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 317 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (11%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 32 (4%) · **■** Marginal 367 (45%)

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 Chandrakona - II

- Nilganja1,650 people
- Srirampur Atghara1,577 people
- Metela1,570 people
- Baraakna1,534 people
- Prasadpur1,426 people
- Kadamtala1,344 people
- Kalakari1,298 people
- Khursi1,261 people

[All 131 villages in Chandrakona - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/chandrakona-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bagpota?1,518 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bagpota in?Paschim Medinipur district (Chandrakona - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bagpota?84.9% (Census 2011)