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

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bijail

Bijail is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **167 people in 32 households**, the 188th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 167people (2011)
- 32households
- 70.9%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bijail

Of every 100 households in Bijail in 2011, 46 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bijail · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****36%**

**34%

Television ****12%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**20%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Bijail?

■ Bijail · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****727**

**969

Working population ****44.9%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 62.0% for women. 60% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 13 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (23%) · **■** Other work 33 (44%) · **■** Marginal 12 (16%)

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

- Chauli209 people
- Raghabpur Bara208 people
- Pandabbil193 people
- Uttar Krishnapur189 people
- Khejurpukur146 people
- Mohanpur133 people
- Dhekipara55 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bijail?167 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bijail in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bijail?70.9% (Census 2011)