# Balapukur, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Balapukur

Balapukur is a village in [Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/) sub-district of [Dakshin Dinajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,736 people in 372 households**, the 23rd largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,736people (2011)
- 372households
- 68.4%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balapukur

Of every 100 households in Balapukur in 2011, 23 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balapukur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****22%**

**18%

Television ****7%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Balapukur?

■ Balapukur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****809**

**955

Working population ****32.1%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 57.7% for women. 57% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 347 (62%) · **■** Farm labourers 153 (27%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 23 (4%) · **■** Marginal 33 (6%)

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 Kushmundi

- Anantapur1,832 people
- Shikrishnapur1,786 people
- Deul1,781 people
- Banihari1,770 people
- Mahipaldighi1,713 people
- Makail1,688 people
- Saraihat Bajedonor1,684 people
- Khantapara1,682 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balapukur?1,736 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balapukur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balapukur?68.4% (Census 2011)