# Bakri Village, Bhangar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhangar - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bakri

Bakri is a village in Bhangar - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,518 people in 513 households**, the 40th largest of 80 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 2,518people (2011)
- 513households
- 69.9%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bakri

Of every 100 households in Bakri in 2011, 28 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bakri · ■ Bhangar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**37%

Tap water ****21%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**16%

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

**4%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****5%**

**28%

Television ****4%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****37%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Bakri?

■ Bakri · ■ Bhangar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.9%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1090**

**962

Working population ****31.0%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 65.1% for women. 52% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 64 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 313 (40%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 151 (19%) · **■** Marginal 245 (31%)

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 Bhangar - I

- Hariharpur2,653 people
- Durgapur2,650 people
- Bausahar2,635 people
- Andulgari2,602 people
- Dakshin Kasipur2,451 people
- Taldighi2,328 people
- Jhungri2,306 people
- Jalalabad2,181 people

[All 81 villages in Bhangar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bhangar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bakri?2,518 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bakri in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bhangar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bakri?69.9% (Census 2011)