# Bishalakshmipur Village, Namkhana – Population & Literacy

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Village · Namkhana, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bishalakshmipur

Bishalakshmipur is a village in Namkhana sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **7,439 people in 1,684 households**, the 6th largest of 34 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.7%.

- 7,439people (2011)
- 1,684households
- 85.1%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bishalakshmipur

Of every 100 households in Bishalakshmipur in 2011, 30 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bishalakshmipur · ■ Namkhana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**26%

Tap water ****11%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**90%

Use banking services ****46%**

**41%

Television ****12%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

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

**37%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Bishalakshmipur?

■ Bishalakshmipur · ■ Namkhana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.1%**

**85.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****898**

**959

Working population ****31.0%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.0% for men and 79.0% for women. 54% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 537 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 589 (26%) · **■** Household industry 52 (2%) · **■** Other work 611 (26%) · **■** Marginal 517 (22%)

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

- Baliara8,672 people
- Rajnagar Srinathgram8,293 people
- Haripur7,842 people
- Dwariknagar7,733 people
- Sibrampur7,358 people
- Namkhana7,058 people
- Patibania6,987 people
- Amrabati6,675 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 Bishalakshmipur?7,439 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bishalakshmipur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Namkhana sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bishalakshmipur?85.1% (Census 2011)