# Balapur Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Balapur

Balapur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,425 people in 367 households**, the 46th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,425people (2011)
- 367households
- 61.2%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balapur

Of every 100 households in Balapur in 2011, 43 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balapur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**75%

Tap water ****25%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****20%**

**26%

Television ****26%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Balapur?

■ Balapur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.2%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****706**

**954

Working population ****48.6%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.6% for men and 52.5% for women. 59% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 97 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 131 (19%) · **■** Household industry 27 (4%) · **■** Other work 147 (21%) · **■** Marginal 291 (42%)

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 Tapan

- Krishnabati1,499 people
- Jiyatkunda1,469 people
- Dwip Khanda1,432 people
- Atila1,425 people
- Khirtta1,387 people
- Rampara Chenchra1,379 people
- Antashimul1,370 people
- Hasnagar1,345 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balapur?1,425 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balapur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balapur?61.2% (Census 2011)