# Baidyapur Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Baidyapur

Baidyapur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **551 people in 130 households**, the 145th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 551people (2011)
- 130households
- 78.2%literacy
- 1,011females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baidyapur

Of every 100 households in Baidyapur in 2011, 52 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baidyapur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****30%**

**41%

Television ****37%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Baidyapur?

■ Baidyapur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1011**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**965

Working population ****45.7%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.6% for men and 72.0% for women. 57% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 121 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (37%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 33 (13%) · **■** Marginal 4 (2%)

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 Balurghat

- Bangalipur559 people
- Talmandira555 people
- Sonkair554 people
- Majatpur553 people
- Rahatail550 people
- Ramprosad542 people
- Satakhanda540 people
- Baidul538 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baidyapur?551 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baidyapur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baidyapur?78.2% (Census 2011)