# Bochkapara Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bochkapara

Bochkapara is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **472 people in 125 households**, the 178th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 472people (2011)
- 125households
- 52.8%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bochkapara

Of every 100 households in Bochkapara in 2011, 31 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bochkapara · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**24%

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

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****14%**

**16%

Television ****19%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bochkapara?

■ Bochkapara · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.8%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****844**

**955

Working population ****28.0%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.9% for men and 49.5% for women. 54% of men and 0% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 68 (52%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 4 (3%) · **■** Marginal 59 (45%)

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 Itahar

- Patnalia497 people
- Maghiapara486 people
- Nadhna480 people
- Aiho475 people
- Barabella447 people
- Fatepur Shyampur443 people
- Gopalpur426 people
- Halimpur424 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bochkapara?472 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bochkapara in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bochkapara?52.8% (Census 2011)