# Baikunthapur Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Baikunthapur

Baikunthapur is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,372 people in 320 households**, the 55th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,372people (2011)
- 320households
- 62.1%literacy
- 864females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baikunthapur

Of every 100 households in Baikunthapur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baikunthapur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**46%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****19%**

**34%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**20%

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 Baikunthapur?

■ Baikunthapur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.1%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****864**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1136**

**969

Working population ****52.2%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.8% for men and 51.5% for women. 58% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 115 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 317 (44%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 24 (3%) · **■** Marginal 248 (35%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Jhapail1,445 people
- Madhya Durgapur1,437 people
- Bochadanga1,406 people
- Chak Dilal1,399 people
- Kaludanga1,367 people
- Natuadangi1,365 people
- Dhamja1,332 people
- Harekrishnapur1,320 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baikunthapur?1,372 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baikunthapur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baikunthapur?62.1% (Census 2011)