Baikata Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Baikata is a large village located in Purulia - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 396 families residing. The Baikata village has population of 2124 of which 1073 are males while 1051 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Baikata village population of children with age 0-6 is 302 which makes up 14.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Baikata village is 979 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Baikata as per census is 888, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Baikata village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Baikata village was 66.52 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Baikata Male literacy stands at 81.60 % while female literacy rate was 51.38 %.

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

Baikata Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	396	-	-
Population	2,124	1,073	1,051
Child (0-6)	302	160	142
Schedule Caste	992	495	497
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	66.52 %	81.60 %	51.38 %
Total Workers	942	609	333
Main Worker	446	-	-
Marginal Worker	496	207	289

Caste Factor

In Baikata village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.70 % of total population in Baikata village. The village Baikata currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Baikata village out of total population, 942 were engaged in work activities. 47.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 942 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 58 were Agricultural labourer.