# Ballabhpur Village, Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum 

# Ballabhpur

Ballabhpur is a village in Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,525 people in 590 households**, the 19th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 2,525people (2011)
- 590households
- 77.7%literacy
- 1,043females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ballabhpur

Of every 100 households in Ballabhpur in 2011, 75 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Ballabhpur · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**73%

Tap water ****22%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**82%

Use banking services ****84%**

**61%

Television ****40%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**24%

Own their home ****86%**

**95%

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 Ballabhpur?

■ Ballabhpur · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.7%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1043**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****977**

**972

Working population ****44.6%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 68.9% for women. 55% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 636 (56%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 371 (33%) · **■** Marginal 51 (5%)

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 Bolpur Sriniketan

- Layek Bazar2,910 people
- Bolpur2,623 people
- Kasba2,611 people
- Jajnanagar2,542 people
- Bejra2,497 people
- Taltor2,380 people
- Kendangal2,344 people
- Raipur2,320 people

[All 169 villages in Bolpur Sriniketan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/bolpur-sriniketan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ballabhpur?2,525 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ballabhpur in?Birbhum district (Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ballabhpur?77.7% (Census 2011)