# Bichina Village, Deshopran, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Bichina

Bichina is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,139 people in 258 households**, the 61st largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 1,139people (2011)
- 258households
- 87.0%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bichina

Of every 100 households in Bichina in 2011, 9 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bichina · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**9%

Tap water ****1%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****17%**

**35%

Television ****4%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****55%**

**30%

Own their home ****91%**

**94%

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 Bichina?

■ Bichina · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.0%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1026**

**949

Working population ****30.6%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.1% for men and 80.5% for women. 57% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 28 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 102 (29%) · **■** Household industry 31 (9%) · **■** Other work 80 (23%) · **■** Marginal 108 (31%)

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 Deshopran

- Uttar Amtalia1,183 people
- Gopinathpur1,182 people
- Bara Bantalia1,180 people
- Daulatpur1,142 people
- Dakshin Kadua1,131 people
- Dhobaberya1,123 people
- Faridpur1,122 people
- Kadua Mukundapur1,116 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bichina?1,139 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bichina in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bichina?87.0% (Census 2011)