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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Balipukur

Balipukur is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **694 people in 161 households**, the 74th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 694people (2011)
- 161households
- 74.5%literacy
- 1,065females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balipukur

Of every 100 households in Balipukur in 2011, 44 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balipukur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**89%

Use banking services ****18%**

**32%

Television ****21%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**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 Balipukur?

■ Balipukur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1065**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1586**

**972

Working population ****32.6%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 68.6% for women. 58% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 86 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 40 (18%) · **■** Household industry 8 (4%) · **■** Other work 64 (28%) · **■** Marginal 28 (12%)

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

- Dhutura709 people
- Krishnapur709 people
- Bikaldanga708 people
- Angaran696 people
- Banipara692 people
- Panthanpara680 people
- Rasulpur666 people
- Baraharipur661 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balipukur?694 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balipukur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balipukur?74.5% (Census 2011)