# Bakharabaj Village, Panskura, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Bakharabaj

Bakharabaj is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **523 people in 131 households**, the 181st largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 523people (2011)
- 131households
- 88.8%literacy
- 1,012females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bakharabaj

Of every 100 households in Bakharabaj in 2011, 75 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bakharabaj · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**63%

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

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**22%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**8%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****15%**

**36%

Television ****31%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**15%

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 Bakharabaj?

■ Bakharabaj · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.8%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1012**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1040**

**949

Working population ****38.4%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.5% for men and 83.1% for women. 62% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 80 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (5%) · **■** Other work 63 (31%) · **■** Marginal 48 (24%)

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 Panskura

- Raisanda544 people
- Paschim Arjjunda532 people
- Tikarpara530 people
- Usatpur526 people
- Alalpara518 people
- Sahanagar518 people
- Purbba Gurtala516 people
- Tilagere515 people

[All 230 villages in Panskura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/panskura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bakharabaj?523 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bakharabaj in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bakharabaj?88.8% (Census 2011)