# Bakurpada Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Bakurpada

Bakurpada is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **846 people in 174 households**, the 83rd largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 846people (2011)
- 174households
- 84.3%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bakurpada

Of every 100 households in Bakurpada in 2011, 16 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bakurpada · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**59%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**39%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****14%**

**62%

Television ****13%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bakurpada?

■ Bakurpada · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.3%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1400**

**963

Working population ****39.6%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.2% for men and 79.0% for women. 64% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 142 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (26%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 17 (5%) · **■** Marginal 87 (26%)

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 Dantan - I

- Birbhadrapur860 people
- Matiberua853 people
- Palasia849 people
- Charda848 people
- Karakpur843 people
- Lalitapur829 people
- Krishnamaiti Bar820 people
- Maljamuna783 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bakurpada?846 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bakurpada in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bakurpada?84.3% (Census 2011)