# Bakuliashota Village, Santuri, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Santuri, Puruliya 

# Bakuliashota

Bakuliashota is a village in Santuri sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **624 people in 128 households**, the 41st largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 624people (2011)
- 128households
- 69.0%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bakuliashota

Of every 100 households in Bakuliashota in 2011, 40 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bakuliashota · ■ Santuri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**6%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****63%**

**67%

Use banking services ****75%**

**52%

Television ****40%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Bakuliashota?

■ Bakuliashota · ■ Santuri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.0%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1028**

**973

Working population ****39.7%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 56.1% for women. 58% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 73 (29%) · **■** Marginal 170 (69%)

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 Santuri

- Nimtikuri685 people
- Kankar Kiari680 people
- Kashtagora668 people
- Lapahari650 people
- Moraldi624 people
- Indkhuri Alias Dulurdi618 people
- Jashpur606 people
- Bidhakata604 people

[All 103 villages in Santuri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/santuri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bakuliashota?624 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bakuliashota in?Puruliya district (Santuri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bakuliashota?69.0% (Census 2011)