# Bahukakata Village, Hura, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hura, Puruliya 

# Bahukakata

Bahukakata is a village in Hura sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **593 people in 116 households**, the 78th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 593people (2011)
- 116households
- 46.4%literacy
- 1,059females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bahukakata

Of every 100 households in Bahukakata in 2011, 18 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bahukakata · ■ Hura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**92%

Tap water ****4%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

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

**75%

Use banking services ****58%**

**41%

Television ****11%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**25%

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 Bahukakata?

■ Bahukakata · ■ Hura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.4%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1059**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****846**

**954

Working population ****51.3%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.8% for men and 37.9% for women. 50% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (8%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 272 (89%)

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 Hura

- Kapasgora638 people
- Bagdisha634 people
- Gundlubari615 people
- Dapang608 people
- Garurbasa593 people
- Kajali572 people
- Shushunia563 people
- Chorgali547 people

[All 116 villages in Hura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/hura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bahukakata?593 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bahukakata in?Puruliya district (Hura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bahukakata?46.4% (Census 2011)