# Bakra Village, Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur 

# Bakra

Bakra is a village in Sankrail sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,040 people in 253 households**, the 14th largest of 247 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 1,040people (2011)
- 253households
- 72.9%literacy
- 1,008females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bakra

Of every 100 households in Bakra in 2011, 22 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Bakra · ■ Sankrail rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****31%**

**51%

Television ****11%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**19%

Own their home ****97%**

**99%

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 Bakra?

■ Bakra · ■ Sankrail rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.9%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1008**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****981**

**973

Working population ****41.7%**

**45.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 67.7% for women. 55% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 18 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (3%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 159 (37%) · **■** Marginal 240 (55%)

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 Sankrail

- Ranjitpur1,216 people
- Bhamal1,161 people
- Naihati1,143 people
- Hanumanta Nengurya1,046 people
- Kukrakhupi963 people
- Nischinta932 people
- Katnimaro903 people
- Dhanghari864 people

[All 287 villages in Sankrail](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sankrail/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bakra?1,040 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bakra in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sankrail sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bakra?72.9% (Census 2011)