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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bhikhanpur

Bhikhanpur is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,568 people in 624 households**, the 25th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 3,568people (2011)
- 624households
- 58.3%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhikhanpur

Of every 100 households in Bhikhanpur in 2011, 22 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhikhanpur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****28%**

**19%

Television ****8%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**28%

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 Bhikhanpur?

■ Bhikhanpur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.3%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**943

Working population ****43.0%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.1% for men and 52.4% for women. 49% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 232 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 196 (13%) · **■** Household industry 111 (7%) · **■** Other work 302 (20%) · **■** Marginal 694 (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 Karandighi

- Palsa3,769 people
- Dakshin Betauna3,730 people
- Burihan3,670 people
- Nakol3,669 people
- Pargaon3,523 people
- Bikaur3,473 people
- Gospur3,367 people
- Basudebpur3,237 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhikhanpur?3,568 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhikhanpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhikhanpur?58.3% (Census 2011)