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

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Bolkushda

Bolkushda is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,403 people in 453 households**, the 19th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 2,403people (2011)
- 453households
- 84.2%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bolkushda

Of every 100 households in Bolkushda in 2011, 1 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bolkushda · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**10%

Tap water ****1%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**40%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****19%**

**37%

Television ****2%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****29%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bolkushda?

■ Bolkushda · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.2%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1016**

**926

Working population ****47.1%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 78.0% for women. 65% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 95 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 363 (32%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 114 (10%) · **■** Marginal 559 (49%)

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

- Maha Bishra2,612 people
- Puranda2,535 people
- Erendabar2,467 people
- Sarrang2,448 people
- Shipur2,399 people
- Sahara2,378 people
- Baranehari2,302 people
- Shwnia2,221 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 Bolkushda?2,403 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bolkushda in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bolkushda?84.2% (Census 2011)