# Faridpur Village, Burwan, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Burwan, Murshidabad 

# Faridpur

Faridpur is a village in Burwan sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,234 people in 262 households**, the 77th largest of 155 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 1,234people (2011)
- 262households
- 66.6%literacy
- 1,095females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Faridpur

Of every 100 households in Faridpur in 2011, 34 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Faridpur · ■ Burwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**76%

Tap water ****1%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**17%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****16%**

**32%

Television ****15%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****65%**

**48%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 · ■ Burwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.6%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1095**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1129**

**945

Working population ****31.8%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 61.5% for women. 61% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 46 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 247 (63%) · **■** Other work 55 (14%) · **■** Marginal 44 (11%)

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 Burwan

- Pashupatibati1,277 people
- Tita1,259 people
- Biprasekhar1,247 people
- Ramrampur1,238 people
- Nandi Baneswar1,210 people
- Jugaswara1,175 people
- Belgaon1,174 people
- Badda1,127 people

[All 160 villages in Burwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/burwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Faridpur?1,234 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Faridpur in?Murshidabad district (Burwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Faridpur?66.6% (Census 2011)