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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bikna
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map = India West Bengal # India
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23|15|19.4|N|87|05|32.3|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Bankura district|Bankura]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 3,876
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 722155 (Kesiakole)
| area_code_type = Telephone/[[Subscriber trunk dialing|STD]] code
| area_code = 03241
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bishnupur]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Onda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Onda]]
| website = {{URL|bankura.gov.in/}}
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'''Bikna''' is a village in the [[Bankura II]] [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] in the [[Bankura Sadar subdivision]] of the [[Bankura district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==Geography==
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|mark-coord14={{coord|23|6|22|N|87|11|5|E}}| label-pos14=left|label14=Medinipur| numbered14=R| mark-title14= [[Medinipur, Bankura]] (R)| shape-color14=#C42222
|mark-coord15={{coord|23|34|12|N|87|6|0|E}}| label-pos15=left|label15=Mejia| numbered15=R| mark-title15= [[Mejia, Bankura]] (R)| shape-color15=#C42222
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===Location===
Bikna is located at {{coord|23|15|19.4|N|87|05|32.3|E|display=inline}}.

===Area overview===
The map alongside shows the Bankura Sadar subdivision of Bankura district. Physiographically, this area is part of the Bankura Uplands in the west gradually merging with the Bankura-Bishnupur Rarh Plains in the north-east. The western portions are characterised by undulating terrain with many hills and ridges. The area is having a gradual descent from the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]]. The soil is [[laterite]] red and hard beds are covered with scrub jungle and [[Shorea robusta|sal]] wood. Gradually it gives way to just uneven rolling lands but the soil continues to be lateritic. There are coal mines in the northern part, along the [[Damodar River]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1913_PART_A_DCHB_BANKURA.pdf|title = District Census Handbook Bankura |work = pages 13-17 | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations West Bengal | access-date = 23 April 2020}}</ref> It is a predominantly rural area with 89% of the population living in rural areas and only 11% living in the urban areas.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Hanbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2013 Darjeeling |work = Table 2.4b |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 23 April 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>

==Civic administration==
===CD block HQ===
The headquarters of Bankura II CD block are located at Village Bikna in PO Kesiakole.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1913_PART_A_DCHB_BANKURA.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Bankura | work= Map of Bankura with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page) |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 20 November 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://bankura.gov.in/Blocks/Bankura-II.pdf |title = Bankura District | work= Bankura II |publisher= Bankura district administration | access-date = 20 November 2016 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Bikna had a total population of 3,876 of which 1,961 (51%) were males and 1915 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 450. The total number of literates in Bikna was 2,565 (74.87% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census3-2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 20 November 2016 }}</ref>

==Education==
Manohari Devi Bajia DAV Public School is an English-medium coeducational higher secondary school following CBSE syllabus, established in 2001.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.icbse.com/schools/manohari-devi-bajia-dav-public-school-v55olv |title = Manohari Devi DAV Public School |publisher= ICBSE | access-date = 23 April 2020}}</ref>

Bikna K.P.S. Vidyapith is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1964. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 20 computers, a library with 3,000 books and a playground.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://schools.org.in/bankura/19130202602/bikna-k-p-s-vidyapith.html |title = Bikna KPS Vidyapith |publisher= Schools.org.in | access-date = 26 April 2020}}</ref>

==Transport==
[[State Highway 9 (West Bengal)|State Highway 9]], running from [[Durgapur]] (in Paschim Bardhaman district) to Nayagram (in Jhargram district), passes through Bikna.<ref>Google maps</ref>

[[Bikna railway station]] is on the [[Bankura–Masagram line]] under the [[Adra railway division]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://indiarailinfo.com/train/timetable/bankura-mathnashipur-demu-78024-bqa-to-mtip/5807/955/10318 |title = Bankura-Mathnasibpur DEMU |work = Time Table | publisher= indiarailinfo | access-date = 25 April 2020}}</ref>

==Healthcare==
Kanchanpur Block Primary Health Centre, with 15 beds at [[Kanchanpur, Bankura|Kanchanpur]], is the major government medical facility in the Bankura II CD block. There are [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centres]] at Narrah (with 4 beds) and Mankanali (with 10 beds).<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/RH.pdf | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals | publisher = Government of West Bengal|access-date = 10 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/PHC.pdf | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics – Primary Health Centres | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 10 April 2020}}</ref>

==Dhokra at Bikna==
There is a small community living in Bikna who are involved in making [[dhokra]] handicrafts. Thirty-six related families live in this close-knit clan community. Their forefathers came from [[Chota Nagpur Division|Chhotanagpur]] and are believed to have been nomads but now they are firmly settled here and have even adopted a Sanskritised surname ‘Karmakar’, which is close, in its meaning to the English surname ‘Smith’. They follow the ''cire purdue'' or lost wax process for making small metallic decorative items. They have been facing problems where their traditional furnaces for melting the metal was proving to be uneconomic and raising costs. An organization named NISTADS got involved in developing a new furnace for the Bikna artisans. The clash of modernity and traditions had its own problems. However, the modern furnace has found acceptance at both Bikna and [[Dwariapur, Bardhaman|Dwaraipur]], some two hours by road, in Purba Bardhaman district, another place where around 20 families are involved in the dhokra craft.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.rajeshkochhar.com/data/publications/bankura.pdf |title = The Dhokra Artisans of Bankura and Dariapur, West Bengal: A Case Study and Knowledge Archive of Technological Change in Progress |work= David Smith, Newport, UK and Rajesh Kochhar, New Delhi, India| access-date = 25 April 2020}}</ref>

The brighter side of the story is that a new global market is emerging in the United States and Europe for these unique dhokra products. People there like the rustic and primitive appearance with the original tribal flavour.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://chitrolekha.com/V1/n2/03_Dhokra-art-artists-Bikna.pdf |title = Dhokra Art and Artists of Bikna: Problems and Prospects | work= Sourish Bhattacharya |publisher= Chitrolekha International Magazine on Art and Design, Vol. 1, No. 2, August, 2011 | access-date = 25 April 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikivoyage-inline|Bankura}}

*[https://thistaraf.com/2018/01/09/the-metallic-world-of-bikna-dokra-art/ The Metallic World of Bikna Dokra Art]

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| video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY7hhLBghzQ Dokra Art - dignity of Bankura – commentary in Bengali]
| video2=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrpn0BxJVYU Bikna - the village of ancient Dhokra craft]
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