# Bilchaulda Village, Egra - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Bilchaulda

Bilchaulda is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **895 people in 185 households**, the 59th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 895people (2011)
- 185households
- 84.7%literacy
- 865females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bilchaulda

Of every 100 households in Bilchaulda in 2011, 87 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bilchaulda · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**10%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****80%**

**37%

Television ****23%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**26%

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 Bilchaulda?

■ Bilchaulda · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.7%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****865**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**926

Working population ****58.5%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.3% for men and 77.0% for women. 69% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 157 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 108 (21%) · **■** Other work 34 (6%) · **■** Marginal 225 (43%)

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 Egra - I

- Dhusarda940 people
- Aruyan934 people
- Kain Thor911 people
- Amedpur903 people
- Malida867 people
- Naraharipur865 people
- Alipur850 people
- Manika Dighi841 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bilchaulda?895 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bilchaulda in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bilchaulda?84.7% (Census 2011)