# Bakeswar Village, Bishnupur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bishnupur - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bakeswar

Bakeswar is a village in Bishnupur - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,940 people in 1,150 households**, the 7th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.7%.

- 4,940people (2011)
- 1,150households
- 81.8%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bakeswar

Of every 100 households in Bakeswar in 2011, 84 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bakeswar · ■ Bishnupur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**56%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**44%

Tap water ****79%**

**68%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**91%

Use banking services ****50%**

**36%

Television ****68%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**26%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Bakeswar?

■ Bakeswar · ■ Bishnupur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.8%**

**77.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****886**

**954

Working population ****34.3%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 74.9% for women. 57% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 80 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 178 (11%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 993 (59%) · **■** Marginal 431 (25%)

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 Bishnupur - I

- Dakshin Gouripur9,064 people
- Bagi7,235 people
- Andharmanik6,676 people
- Kasthamahal5,156 people
- Kalmikhali4,804 people
- Keoradanga4,205 people
- Gandhabaduli4,194 people
- Khariberia4,007 people

[All 85 villages in Bishnupur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bishnupur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bakeswar?4,940 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bakeswar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bishnupur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bakeswar?81.8% (Census 2011)