# Bhimnagar Village, Mathurapur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mathurapur - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bhimnagar

Bhimnagar is a village in Mathurapur - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **615 people in 122 households**, the 68th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.5%.

- 615people (2011)
- 122households
- 76.2%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhimnagar

Of every 100 households in Bhimnagar in 2011, 62 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Bhimnagar · ■ Mathurapur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****28%**

**18%

Television ****35%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**46%

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 Bhimnagar?

■ Bhimnagar · ■ Mathurapur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**73.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1028**

**982

Working population ****38.0%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 69.4% for women. 58% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 58 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 107 (46%) · **■** Other work 43 (18%) · **■** Marginal 26 (11%)

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 Mathurapur - I

- Chhatrabhog684 people
- Uttar Madhusudanpur683 people
- Subuddhipur680 people
- Rajapur643 people
- Tajpur588 people
- Khonjkhidir570 people
- Bhagabatipur566 people
- Kaipukuria559 people

[All 95 villages in Mathurapur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/mathurapur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhimnagar?615 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhimnagar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Mathurapur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhimnagar?76.2% (Census 2011)