# Piplan Village, Manteswar, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Manteswar, Barddhaman 

# Piplan

Piplan is a village in Manteswar sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,708 people in 793 households**, the 11th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 3,708people (2011)
- 793households
- 79.0%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Piplan

Of every 100 households in Piplan in 2011, 51 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Piplan · ■ Manteswar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**52%

Tap water ****30%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**88%

Use banking services ****91%**

**68%

Television ****37%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Piplan?

■ Piplan · ■ Manteswar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.0%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1047**

**968

Working population ****44.5%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 73.7% for women. 65% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 215 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 590 (36%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 509 (31%) · **■** Marginal 325 (20%)

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 Manteswar

- Bamunpara4,314 people
- Bhagra4,086 people
- Denur4,082 people
- Shushuna3,722 people
- Ibrambad3,666 people
- Mulgram3,652 people
- Lohar3,628 people
- Dewani3,593 people

[All 144 villages in Manteswar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/manteswar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Piplan?3,708 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Piplan in?Barddhaman district (Manteswar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Piplan?79.0% (Census 2011)