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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bikaur

Bikaur is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,473 people in 652 households**, the 27th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 3,473people (2011)
- 652households
- 68.4%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bikaur

Of every 100 households in Bikaur in 2011, 49 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bikaur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****78%**

**60%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**96%

Use banking services ****33%**

**19%

Television ****29%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**28%

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 Bikaur?

■ Bikaur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****975**

**943

Working population ****42.9%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.0% for men and 61.2% for women. 53% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 246 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 131 (9%) · **■** Household industry 137 (9%) · **■** Other work 524 (35%) · **■** Marginal 453 (30%)

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

- Burihan3,670 people
- Nakol3,669 people
- Bhikhanpur3,568 people
- Pargaon3,523 people
- Gospur3,367 people
- Basudebpur3,237 people
- Nazirpur3,112 people
- Kachan3,103 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bikaur?3,473 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bikaur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bikaur?68.4% (Census 2011)