# Bhimkata Village, Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Bhimkata

Bhimkata is a village in Nandigram - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **995 people in 211 households**, the 63rd largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.8%.

- 995people (2011)
- 211households
- 86.8%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhimkata

Of every 100 households in Bhimkata in 2011, 33 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhimkata · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**11%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**2%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****26%**

**31%

Television ****7%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**32%

Own their home ****93%**

**96%

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 Bhimkata?

■ Bhimkata · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.8%**

**84.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****896**

**922

Working population ****29.9%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.4% for men and 79.6% for women. 56% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 5 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 19 (6%) · **■** Marginal 272 (91%)

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 Nandigram - I

- Taluk Brindabanpur1,101 people
- Char Galya1,043 people
- Bar Jamtalya1,033 people
- Subhanichak1,000 people
- Naya Chak983 people
- Babukhanbar962 people
- Bar Kanda Pashara940 people
- Raynagar894 people

[All 98 villages in Nandigram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhimkata?995 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhimkata in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhimkata?86.8% (Census 2011)