# Alampur Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Alampur

Alampur is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,225 people in 249 households**, the 47th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 1,225people (2011)
- 249households
- 62.4%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Alampur

Of every 100 households in Alampur in 2011, 50 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Alampur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**81%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**75%

Use banking services ****42%**

**53%

Television ****22%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Alampur?

■ Alampur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.4%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****729**

**948

Working population ****41.6%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.1% for men and 55.3% for women. 60% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 186 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 170 (33%) · **■** Household industry 15 (3%) · **■** Other work 64 (13%) · **■** Marginal 74 (15%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Sonamukhi

- Sona Dwipa1,288 people
- Rupat Ganj1,266 people
- Baruibera1,239 people
- Ulai1,237 people
- Moheshpur1,204 people
- Mahespur1,202 people
- Bidyadharpur1,175 people
- Sahapur1,130 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Alampur?1,225 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alampur in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Alampur?62.4% (Census 2011)