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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bhulkipur

Bhulkipur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **420 people in 120 households**, the 188th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 420people (2011)
- 120households
- 56.0%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhulkipur

Of every 100 households in Bhulkipur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhulkipur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**65%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****49%**

**90%

Use banking services ****21%**

**41%

Television ****17%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****33%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bhulkipur?

■ Bhulkipur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.0%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****516**

**965

Working population ****48.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.0% for men and 50.3% for women. 60% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 46 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 120 (59%) · **■** Household industry 9 (4%) · **■** Other work 11 (5%) · **■** Marginal 16 (8%)

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

- Gopalpur429 people
- Hatiapara428 people
- Paschim Chakismail428 people
- Begunbari420 people
- Uttar Chakbhabani420 people
- Tursail406 people
- Bhabanipur402 people
- Chaurapara393 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhulkipur?420 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhulkipur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhulkipur?56.0% (Census 2011)