# Alipur Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Alipur

Alipur is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **468 people in 107 households**, the 101st largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 468people (2011)
- 107households
- 51.1%literacy
- 1,044females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Alipur

Of every 100 households in Alipur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Alipur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****17%**

**32%

Television ****8%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**29%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Alipur?

■ Alipur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.1%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1044**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1423**

**972

Working population ****57.1%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.6% for men and 41.6% for women. 57% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 119 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (4%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 135 (51%)

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 Bansihari

- Bhingaldaha489 people
- Selimabad482 people
- Chaugharia471 people
- Krishnabati470 people
- Mahadipur461 people
- Nachhuapara461 people
- Baje Kanur458 people
- Gerul443 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Alipur?468 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alipur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Alipur?51.1% (Census 2011)