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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Jiapur

Jiapur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **251 people in 64 households**, the 243rd largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 251people (2011)
- 64households
- 56.8%literacy
- 1,008females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jiapur

Of every 100 households in Jiapur in 2011, 8 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jiapur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**65%

Tap water ****59%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**90%

Use banking services ****3%**

**41%

Television ****10%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****3%**

**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 Jiapur?

■ Jiapur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.8%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1008**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1071**

**965

Working population ****45.4%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.9% for men and 48.6% for women. 54% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 42 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 59 (52%) · **■** Other work 11 (10%) · **■** Marginal 2 (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

- Bikuch264 people
- Chiknaikuri258 people
- Dasarai258 people
- Majhina254 people
- Gazipur246 people
- Satihar246 people
- Ghugudanga241 people
- Chhiashi239 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jiapur?251 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jiapur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jiapur?56.8% (Census 2011)