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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Jhapursi

Jhapursi is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,130 people in 278 households**, the 61st largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,130people (2011)
- 278households
- 68.9%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhapursi

Of every 100 households in Jhapursi in 2011, 36 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jhapursi · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****57%**

**41%

Television ****19%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Jhapursi?

■ Jhapursi · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.9%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1057**

**965

Working population ****48.8%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 61.1% for women. 62% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 61 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 180 (33%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 56 (10%) · **■** Marginal 245 (44%)

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

- Bidaypur1,162 people
- Badbangi1,159 people
- Paschim Kalikapur1,151 people
- Badalpur1,132 people
- Chakhay1,087 people
- Dangbiral1,085 people
- Jantigram1,076 people
- Idrakpur1,067 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhapursi?1,130 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhapursi in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhapursi?68.9% (Census 2011)