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

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Village · Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum 

# Supur

Supur is a village in Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,803 people in 446 households**, the 34th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,803people (2011)
- 446households
- 69.2%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Supur

Of every 100 households in Supur in 2011, 34 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Supur · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**73%

Tap water ****74%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**82%

Use banking services ****19%**

**61%

Television ****23%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**24%

Own their home ****37%**

**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 Supur?

■ Supur · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.2%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**972

Working population ****42.2%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.9% for men and 63.5% for women. 61% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 62 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 111 (15%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 386 (51%) · **■** Marginal 196 (26%)

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

- Salan2,038 people
- Chhota Shimulia1,940 people
- Panchshoa1,851 people
- Chandanpur1,849 people
- Adityapur1,785 people
- Kankutia1,752 people
- Bergram1,737 people
- Rajatpur1,735 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Supur?1,803 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Supur in?Birbhum district (Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Supur?69.2% (Census 2011)