Village · Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur
# Bakharpur

Bakharpur is a village in Ramnagar - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 516 people in 127 households, the 104th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.
- 516 people (2011)
- 127 households
- 90.6% literacy
- 925 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bakharpur

Of every 100 households in Bakharpur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bakharpur · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 1% 49%
- Toilet within the home 97% 88%
- No toilet (open defecation) 2% 9%
- Tap water 0% 14%
- Drinking water within premises 80% 12%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 0% 89%
- Use banking services 39% 51%
- Television 0% 23%
- Mobile phone 49% 57%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 9%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 26% 18%
- Own their home 98% 95%

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

## What is the population of Bakharpur?

■ Bakharpur · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 90.6% 87.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 925 964
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 810 929
- Working population 32.6% 34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.8% for men and 84.0% for women. 58% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 104 (62%) · ■ Farm labourers 9 (5%) · ■ Other work 37 (22%) · ■ Marginal 18 (11%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Ramnagar - I
- Barbatia 552 people
- Shankarpur 545 people
- Nardanda 530 people
- Jharpadima 524 people
- Dakshin Kaya 515 people
- Jashipur 470 people
- Deulbatta 461 people
- Paya 458 people

All 149 villages in Ramnagar - I

## Other places named Bakharpur
- Bakharpur · Village, Kaliachak - I, Maldah · 12,148 people
- Bakharpur · Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur · 782 people
- Bakhar Pur · Village, Tirtol, Jagatsinghapur · 430 people
- Bakharpur · Village, Tilhar, Shahjahanpur · 9 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Bakharpur? 516 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bakharpur in? Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bakharpur? 90.6% (Census 2011)

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