# Baksitala, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Baksitala

Baksitala is a village in [Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/) sub-district of [Purba Medinipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,501 people in 320 households**, the 60th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 1,501people (2011)
- 320households
- 84.2%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baksitala

Of every 100 households in Baksitala in 2011, 94 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Baksitala · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**7%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****36%**

**44%

Television ****42%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Baksitala?

■ Baksitala · ■ Kolaghat rural average

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

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1079**

**942

Working population ****37.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.5% for men and 74.8% for women. 63% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 204 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (7%) · **■** Household industry 82 (15%) · **■** Other work 71 (13%) · **■** Marginal 157 (28%)

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 Kolaghat

- Sarada Basan1,666 people
- Patharia1,665 people
- Kismat Khayra1,638 people
- Ramchandrapur1,541 people
- Nahala1,420 people
- Purbba Bahala1,405 people
- Krishna Nagar1,399 people
- Ray Chak1,394 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baksitala?1,501 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baksitala in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baksitala?84.2% (Census 2011)