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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Pirijpur

Pirijpur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,207 people in 280 households**, the 51st largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,207people (2011)
- 280households
- 75.7%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pirijpur

Of every 100 households in Pirijpur in 2011, 22 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pirijpur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**65%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

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

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****39%**

**41%

Television ****5%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**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 Pirijpur?

■ Pirijpur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1107**

**965

Working population ****53.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.6% for men and 65.6% for women. 65% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 309 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 205 (32%) · **■** Other work 27 (4%) · **■** Marginal 105 (16%)

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

- Chakram1,320 people
- Haripur1,317 people
- Gongasagar1,285 people
- Dogachhi1,229 people
- Kumargram1,196 people
- Bara1,193 people
- Lakshmipur1,190 people
- Osail1,186 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pirijpur?1,207 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pirijpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pirijpur?75.7% (Census 2011)