# Biskudra Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Biskudra

Biskudra is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,108 people in 226 households**, the 46th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,108people (2011)
- 226households
- 70.7%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Biskudra

Of every 100 households in Biskudra in 2011, 6 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Biskudra · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**85%

Use banking services ****29%**

**41%

Television ****2%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Biskudra?

■ Biskudra · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****942**

**957

Working population ****53.7%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 57.4% for women. 55% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 185 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 59 (10%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 35 (6%) · **■** Marginal 313 (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 Barabazar

- Bankati1,137 people
- Taldih Als.Nabudih Maisadabar1,137 people
- Manpur1,128 people
- Jharia1,121 people
- Dhargaon1,086 people
- Dubrajpur1,086 people
- Ragma1,083 people
- Taltanr Alias Deugram1,074 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Biskudra?1,108 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Biskudra in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Biskudra?70.7% (Census 2011)