# Balupara Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Balupara

Balupara is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,318 people in 594 households**, the 11th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 2,318people (2011)
- 594households
- 84.5%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balupara

Of every 100 households in Balupara in 2011, 72 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 23 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Balupara · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**70%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

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

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****23%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**93%

Use banking services ****30%**

**25%

Television ****54%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**33%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Balupara?

■ Balupara · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.5%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**951

Working population ****38.3%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 79.0% for women. 57% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 35 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (7%) · **■** Household industry 61 (7%) · **■** Other work 529 (60%) · **■** Marginal 199 (22%)

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 Kumarganj

- Mamudpur2,912 people
- Katla2,474 people
- Bhour2,456 people
- Tara2,332 people
- Chak-Barham2,282 people
- Beltara2,151 people
- Kharail2,029 people
- Chak Ramray1,957 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balupara?2,318 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balupara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balupara?84.5% (Census 2011)