# Belun Village, Rampurhat - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Rampurhat - II, Birbhum 

# Belun

Belun is a village in Rampurhat - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **960 people in 292 households**, the 60th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.4%.

- 960people (2011)
- 292households
- 70.0%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belun

Of every 100 households in Belun in 2011, 15 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Belun · ■ Rampurhat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**83%

Tap water ****51%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****64%**

**27%

Television ****10%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****49%**

**56%

Own their home ****96%**

**91%

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 Belun?

■ Belun · ■ Rampurhat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.0%**

**70.4%

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

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1065**

**942

Working population ****31.5%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 60.9% for women. 58% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 6 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 30 (10%) · **■** Marginal 264 (87%)

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 Rampurhat - II

- Lalita Kundu1,035 people
- Patna985 people
- Ustapara981 people
- Ranapur961 people
- Hatpara959 people
- Gangedda906 people
- Chhota Karttik Chungri902 people
- Mara Basahar847 people

[All 94 villages in Rampurhat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rampurhat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belun?960 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belun in?Birbhum district (Rampurhat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belun?70.0% (Census 2011)