# Baikata Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Baikata

Baikata is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,124 people in 396 households**, the 28th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 2,124people (2011)
- 396households
- 66.5%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baikata

Of every 100 households in Baikata in 2011, 38 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Baikata · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****71%**

**84%

Use banking services ****19%**

**41%

Television ****19%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**25%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Baikata?

■ Baikata · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****888**

**966

Working population ****44.4%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.6% for men and 51.4% for women. 57% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 86 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 58 (6%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 292 (31%) · **■** Marginal 496 (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 Purulia - II

- Kotra2,316 people
- Chargali2,259 people
- Arita2,216 people
- Gengra2,181 people
- Jambad2,115 people
- Jalika2,044 people
- Balarampur1,972 people
- Chakirban1,945 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baikata?2,124 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baikata in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baikata?66.5% (Census 2011)