# Bijekhor Village, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bijekhor

Bijekhor is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **958 people in 195 households**, the 80th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 38.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 958people (2011)
- 195households
- 38.4%literacy
- 1,259females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bijekhor

Of every 100 households in Bijekhor in 2011, 36 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bijekhor · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**62%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****9%**

**20%

Television ****7%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****59%**

**40%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Bijekhor?

■ Bijekhor · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****38.4%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1259**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1360**

**967

Working population ****29.2%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.5% for men and 26.9% for women. 40% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 21 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (9%) · **■** Other work 34 (12%) · **■** Marginal 200 (71%)

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 Islampur

- Topamari1,051 people
- Paschim Mankadanga1,011 people
- Madaripur970 people
- Chhota Khanti969 people
- Uttar Khojagaon930 people
- Sahatpur892 people
- Dakshin Thuthipakar878 people
- Bhangamali776 people

[All 101 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bijekhor?958 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bijekhor in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bijekhor?38.4% (Census 2011)