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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Mollapara

Mollapara is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **295 people in 61 households**, the 226th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 295people (2011)
- 61households
- 59.4%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mollapara

Of every 100 households in Mollapara in 2011, 16 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mollapara · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****16%**

**41%

Television ****10%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Mollapara?

■ Mollapara · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.4%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****773**

**965

Working population ****27.8%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.4% for men and 51.2% for women. 54% of men and 0% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 71 (87%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (11%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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

- Sanihara301 people
- Satais299 people
- Purbba Maheshpur297 people
- Matra295 people
- Jabaripur293 people
- Gunjarpur292 people
- Darail290 people
- Chandradaula287 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mollapara?295 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mollapara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mollapara?59.4% (Census 2011)