Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur
# Bulakipur

Bulakipur is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 533 people in 130 households, the 105th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.
- 533 people (2011)
- 130 households
- 82.6% literacy
- 924 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bulakipur

Of every 100 households in Bulakipur in 2011, 78 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bulakipur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 78% 39%
- Toilet within the home 80% 95%
- No toilet (open defecation) 12% 4%
- Tap water 0% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 25% 18%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 58% 95%
- Use banking services 23% 46%
- Television 10% 12%
- Mobile phone 20% 31%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 51% 30%
- Own their home 98% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Bulakipur?

■ Bulakipur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 82.6% 86.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 924 935
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 964 932
- Working population 50.3% 42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.8% for men and 73.8% for women. 55% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Other work 16 (6%) · ■ Marginal 252 (94%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Potashpur - I
- Singda 550 people
- Dakshin Rautara 541 people
- Maishali 540 people
- Ramkhali 535 people
- Purbamaji Gaon 533 people
- Nilapur 514 people
- Ramchak 512 people
- Pitambarpur 509 people

All 139 villages in Potashpur - I

## Other places named Bulakipur
- Bulakipur · Village, Dalsinghsarai, Samastipur · 4,634 people
- Bulakipur · Village, Riga, Sitamarhi · 3,606 people
- Bulakipur · Village, Khair, Aligarh · 1,893 people
- Bulakipur · Village, Kunda, Pratapgarh · 1,233 people
- Bulakipur · Village, Dantan - II, Paschim Medinipur · 445 people
- Bulakipur · Village, Nawanshahr, Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar · 386 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Bulakipur? 533 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bulakipur in? Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bulakipur? 82.6% (Census 2011)

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