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

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Bhikubar

Bhikubar is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,276 people in 250 households**, the 38th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 1,276people (2011)
- 250households
- 68.8%literacy
- 1,051females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhikubar

Of every 100 households in Bhikubar in 2011, 78 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhikubar · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**39%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****34%**

**62%

Television ****10%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**22%

Own their home ****69%**

**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 Bhikubar?

■ Bhikubar · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.8%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1051**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1117**

**963

Working population ****26.2%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 56.3% for women. 49% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 21 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (17%) · **■** Other work 23 (7%) · **■** Marginal 234 (70%)

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

- Sastanagar1,344 people
- Dakshin Amria1,340 people
- Mirjapur1,336 people
- Maheshpur1,308 people
- Palsandapur1,252 people
- Sarata1,223 people
- Palashia1,221 people
- Kharijha Pari1,205 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 Bhikubar?1,276 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhikubar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhikubar?68.8% (Census 2011)