# Faridpur Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Faridpur

Faridpur is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **455 people in 108 households**, the 192nd largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 455people (2011)
- 108households
- 87.1%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Faridpur

Of every 100 households in Faridpur in 2011, 76 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 21 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Faridpur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**48%

Tap water ****5%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****21%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**84%

Use banking services ****72%**

**58%

Television ****70%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Faridpur?

■ Faridpur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.1%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****588**

**962

Working population ****40.4%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.7% for men and 81.3% for women. 60% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 67 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (3%) · **■** Other work 34 (18%) · **■** Marginal 77 (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 Dhaniakhali

- Uliara488 people
- Heregari486 people
- Madhupur478 people
- Manipur464 people
- Podpara444 people
- Parameswarpur437 people
- Paschim Banpur427 people
- Uttar Malikapur401 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Faridpur?455 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Faridpur in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Faridpur?87.1% (Census 2011)