# Bhaksala Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bhaksala

Bhaksala is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,352 people in 289 households**, the 100th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,352people (2011)
- 289households
- 61.9%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhaksala

Of every 100 households in Bhaksala in 2011, 30 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhaksala · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****73%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****34%**

**19%

Television ****20%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bhaksala?

■ Bhaksala · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.9%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****957**

**943

Working population ****39.1%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.0% for men and 52.4% for women. 51% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 84 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 196 (37%) · **■** Household industry 27 (5%) · **■** Other work 207 (39%) · **■** Marginal 15 (3%)

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 Karandighi

- Abdulpur1,386 people
- Baliamora1,383 people
- Paschim Pipla1,380 people
- Begma1,352 people
- Kachna1,321 people
- Kismat Altapur1,320 people
- Khudar Gachhi1,318 people
- Mehandabari1,307 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhaksala?1,352 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhaksala in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhaksala?61.9% (Census 2011)