# Bikalbar Village, Sabang, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sabang, Paschim Medinipur 

# Bikalbar

Bikalbar is a village in Sabang sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **837 people in 199 households**, the 103rd largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 837people (2011)
- 199households
- 87.6%literacy
- 877females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bikalbar

Of every 100 households in Bikalbar in 2011, 61 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bikalbar · ■ Sabang rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**16%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****7%**

**48%

Television ****6%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****14%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Bikalbar?

■ Bikalbar · ■ Sabang rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.6%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****877**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**952

Working population ****67.7%**

**59.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.3% for men and 78.9% for women. 69% of men and 66% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 281 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 113 (20%) · **■** Other work 19 (3%) · **■** Marginal 150 (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 Sabang

- Jagannath Chak864 people
- Khar Para848 people
- Uttar Banshbani847 people
- Mangrajpur846 people
- Chaulkhola831 people
- Sindurda828 people
- Malparbatitaki822 people
- Baincha811 people

[All 232 villages in Sabang](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sabang/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bikalbar?837 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bikalbar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sabang sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bikalbar?87.6% (Census 2011)