# Baincha Village, Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Baincha

Baincha is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **280 people in 54 households**, the 121st largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 280people (2011)
- 54households
- 86.7%literacy
- 842females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baincha

Of every 100 households in Baincha in 2011, 0 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baincha · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**97%

Use banking services ****32%**

**36%

Television ****4%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**21%

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 Baincha?

■ Baincha · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.7%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****842**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****333**

**943

Working population ****37.5%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.3% for men and 82.8% for women. 64% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 33 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (4%) · **■** Other work 12 (11%) · **■** Marginal 56 (53%)

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 Potashpur - II

- Jaykrishnapur331 people
- Dakshin Itabere314 people
- Dwarakapur310 people
- Bara Patharghata307 people
- Chak Batia278 people
- Chak Mathuri277 people
- Chak Charani260 people
- Khatibar260 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baincha?280 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baincha in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baincha?86.7% (Census 2011)