About Bikihat Village

Bikihat is a mid sized village in Katwa I tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 722, made up of 378 males and 344 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713516, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Bikihat compares

By the 2011 count Bikihat is the 53rd largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,645 residents. Its 89.3 hectares work out to about 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Bikihat

Bikihat is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Bikihat as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bandra, Barampur, Baura and Bera. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.