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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Panditpur

Panditpur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,932 people in 487 households**, the 19th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,932people (2011)
- 487households
- 68.2%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panditpur

Of every 100 households in Panditpur in 2011, 50 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Panditpur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**65%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****34%**

**41%

Television ****31%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****32%**

**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 Panditpur?

■ Panditpur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.2%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1068**

**965

Working population ****43.4%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 59.6% for women. 60% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 203 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (11%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 118 (14%) · **■** Marginal 404 (48%)

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

- Sarangoan2,115 people
- Sewai2,082 people
- Durllabhpur2,046 people
- Dangi2,041 people
- Hazipur1,900 people
- Paranpur1,889 people
- Kaigram1,826 people
- Badkhorna1,801 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panditpur?1,932 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panditpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panditpur?68.2% (Census 2011)