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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Idrakpur

Idrakpur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,067 people in 248 households**, the 65th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,067people (2011)
- 248households
- 77.0%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Idrakpur

Of every 100 households in Idrakpur in 2011, 35 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Idrakpur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**65%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****27%**

**41%

Television ****24%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****30%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Idrakpur?

■ Idrakpur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1184**

**965

Working population ****58.8%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 70.4% for women. 71% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 267 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (10%) · **■** Other work 98 (16%) · **■** Marginal 198 (32%)

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

- Jhapursi1,130 people
- Chakhay1,087 people
- Dangbiral1,085 people
- Jantigram1,076 people
- Jagannathbati1,063 people
- Bhatra1,055 people
- Harigaon1,050 people
- Dumair1,039 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Idrakpur?1,067 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Idrakpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Idrakpur?77.0% (Census 2011)