# Bijaybati Village, Namkhana – Population & Literacy

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Village · Namkhana, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bijaybati

Bijaybati is a village in Namkhana sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,891 people in 1,054 households**, the 22nd largest of 34 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.7%.

- 4,891people (2011)
- 1,054households
- 85.3%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bijaybati

Of every 100 households in Bijaybati in 2011, 18 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bijaybati · ■ Namkhana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**26%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****40%**

**41%

Television ****8%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****41%**

**37%

Own their home ****92%**

**92%

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 Bijaybati?

■ Bijaybati · ■ Namkhana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.3%**

**85.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****983**

**959

Working population ****41.0%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.0% for men and 79.2% for women. 57% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 165 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 293 (15%) · **■** Household industry 27 (1%) · **■** Other work 673 (34%) · **■** Marginal 846 (42%)

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 Namkhana

- Dakshin Durgapur5,439 people
- Radhanagar5,292 people
- Budhakhali5,195 people
- Rajnagar5,055 people
- Uttar Chandanpiri4,751 people
- Bagdanga4,160 people
- Dakshin Chandanpiri4,129 people
- Nadabhanga3,653 people

[All 39 villages in Namkhana](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/namkhana/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bijaybati?4,891 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bijaybati in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Namkhana sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bijaybati?85.3% (Census 2011)