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

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Batikara

Batikara is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,086 people in 261 households**, the 64th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,086people (2011)
- 261households
- 63.2%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Batikara

Of every 100 households in Batikara in 2011, 50 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Batikara · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**93%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**84%

Use banking services ****36%**

**41%

Television ****22%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Batikara?

■ Batikara · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.2%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1037**

**966

Working population ****47.7%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 45.8% for women. 62% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 55 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 108 (21%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 92 (18%) · **■** Marginal 255 (49%)

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

- Senera Amra1,135 people
- Dakhinbahal1,109 people
- Dhurahi1,108 people
- Ketika1,092 people
- Khudibandh1,084 people
- Anai1,032 people
- Shyampur1,006 people
- Gopalpur1,000 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Batikara?1,086 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Batikara in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Batikara?63.2% (Census 2011)