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

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Bijaynagar

Bijaynagar is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,172 people in 297 households**, the 94th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 1,172people (2011)
- 297households
- 88.5%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bijaynagar

Of every 100 households in Bijaynagar in 2011, 37 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bijaynagar · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**22%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

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

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****20%**

**36%

Television ****11%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**15%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bijaynagar?

■ Bijaynagar · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.5%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1104**

**949

Working population ****54.6%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.1% for men and 81.4% for women. 67% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 142 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 126 (20%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 74 (12%) · **■** Marginal 290 (45%)

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

- Uttar Chanchiara1,197 people
- Sahalajpur1,194 people
- Erapur Shiromani Chak1,186 people
- Jagatpur1,184 people
- Masimabad1,165 people
- Bar Baharpota1,156 people
- Kalandipur1,141 people
- Purbba Gopalpur1,110 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bijaynagar?1,172 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bijaynagar in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bijaynagar?88.5% (Census 2011)