Bikihat Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Bikihat is a medium size village located in Katwa - I Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 163 families residing. The Bikihat village has population of 722 of which 378 are males while 344 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bikihat village population of children with age 0-6 is 74 which makes up 10.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bikihat village is 910 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bikihat as per census is 897, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Bikihat village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bikihat village was 63.27 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bikihat Male literacy stands at 70.21 % while female literacy rate was 55.66 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Bikihat 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 Bikihat village.

Bikihat Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	163	-	-
Population	722	378	344
Child (0-6)	74	39	35
Schedule Caste	686	362	324
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	63.27 %	70.21 %	55.66 %
Total Workers	291	239	52
Main Worker	237	-	-
Marginal Worker	54	30	24

Caste Factor

In Bikihat village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 95.01 % of total population in Bikihat village. The village Bikihat currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bikihat village out of total population, 291 were engaged in work activities. 81.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 291 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 51 were Agricultural labourer.