# Kakra Village, Bhagawanpur - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bhagawanpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Kakra

Kakra is a village in Bhagawanpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,887 people in 1,179 households**, the 7th largest of 164 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 88.4%.

- 4,887people (2011)
- 1,179households
- 89.6%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kakra

Of every 100 households in Kakra in 2011, 38 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kakra · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**10%

Tap water ****6%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**3%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****25%**

**38%

Television ****13%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**33%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Kakra?

■ Kakra · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.6%**

**88.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****934**

**934

Working population ****35.4%**

**38.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.4% for men and 86.6% for women. 58% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 80 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 108 (6%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 169 (10%) · **■** Marginal 1,363 (79%)

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 Bhagawanpur - I

- Bibhisanpur6,311 people
- Sar Berya5,903 people
- Kotbar5,737 people
- Narayan Danri5,069 people
- Simulia4,733 people
- Betulya Chaklalpur4,653 people
- Nunhunda3,393 people
- Dwarikapur3,360 people

[All 165 villages in Bhagawanpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/bhagawanpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kakra?4,887 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kakra in?Purba Medinipur district (Bhagawanpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kakra?89.6% (Census 2011)