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Bikair Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Bikair is a medium size village located in Gangarampur Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 437 families residing. The Bikair village has population of 1921 of which 978 are males while 943 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bikair village population of children with age 0-6 is 236 which makes up 12.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bikair village is 964 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bikair as per census is 1248, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Bikair village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bikair village was 75.01 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bikair Male literacy stands at 81.44 % while female literacy rate was 68.10 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Bikair village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Bikair village.

Bikair Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 437 - -
Population 1,921 978 943
Child (0-6) 236 105 131
Schedule Caste 102 48 54
Schedule Tribe 127 64 63
Literacy 75.01 % 81.44 % 68.10 %
Total Workers 588 541 47
Main Worker 497 - -
Marginal Worker 91 72 19

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 6.61 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 5.31 % of total population in Bikair village.

Work Profile

In Bikair village out of total population, 588 were engaged in work activities. 84.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 588 workers engaged in Main Work, 262 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 126 were Agricultural labourer.