# Bhikari Chilema Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Bhikari Chilema

Bhikari Chilema is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,821 people in 340 households**, the 13th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,821people (2011)
- 340households
- 58.3%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhikari Chilema

Of every 100 households in Bhikari Chilema in 2011, 38 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhikari Chilema · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**85%

Use banking services ****64%**

**41%

Television ****9%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Bhikari Chilema?

■ Bhikari Chilema · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.3%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1069**

**957

Working population ****51.1%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.3% for men and 43.6% for women. 56% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 447 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 85 (9%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 40 (4%) · **■** Marginal 351 (38%)

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 Barabazar

- Bhagaband1,946 people
- Rupapatia1,933 people
- Banjora1,903 people
- Herbana1,834 people
- Raygara1,800 people
- Sukurhutu1,760 people
- Banduan1,688 people
- Tuima1,666 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhikari Chilema?1,821 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhikari Chilema in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhikari Chilema?58.3% (Census 2011)