# Balaspur Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Balaspur

Balaspur is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **545 people in 122 households**, the 133rd largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 545people (2011)
- 122households
- 71.2%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balaspur

Of every 100 households in Balaspur in 2011, 9 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balaspur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****5%**

**18%

Television ****5%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**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 Balaspur?

■ Balaspur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.2%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****643**

**955

Working population ****26.4%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 60.6% for women. 47% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 78 (54%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (43%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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

- Katalhat570 people
- Bangaon Krishnapur569 people
- Hasnagar561 people
- Gopalpur556 people
- Purbba Mollapara543 people
- Titihi539 people
- Subarnapur538 people
- Parameshwarpur531 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balaspur?545 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balaspur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balaspur?71.2% (Census 2011)