# Alpara Village, Ratua - I, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Ratua - I, Maldah 

# Alpara

Alpara is a village in Ratua - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,556 people in 692 households**, the 29th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%.

- 3,556people (2011)
- 692households
- 63.6%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Alpara

Of every 100 households in Alpara in 2011, 32 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Alpara · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**73%

Tap water ****3%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**89%

Use banking services ****22%**

**24%

Television ****12%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**38%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Alpara?

■ Alpara · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.6%**

**60.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1013**

**959

Working population ****30.7%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.7% for men and 59.3% for women. 48% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 64 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 264 (24%) · **■** Household industry 78 (7%) · **■** Other work 587 (54%) · **■** Marginal 100 (9%)

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 Ratua - I

- Karbana4,046 people
- Baikunthapur3,968 people
- Bampal Charkhi3,946 people
- Saha Nagar3,585 people
- Narottampur3,554 people
- Gobindapur3,492 people
- Bakhra3,491 people
- Haripur Gopi3,300 people

[All 101 villages in Ratua - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/ratua-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Alpara?3,556 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alpara in?Maldah district (Ratua - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Alpara?63.6% (Census 2011)