# Alaipur Village, Farakka, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Farakka, Murshidabad 

# Alaipur

Alaipur is a village in Farakka sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,969 people in 767 households**, the 14th largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.4%.

- 3,969people (2011)
- 767households
- 54.8%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Alaipur

Of every 100 households in Alaipur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Alaipur · ■ Farakka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**28%

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

**28%

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

**71%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**23%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**70%

Use banking services ****58%**

**44%

Television ****0%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**31%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Alaipur?

■ Alaipur · ■ Farakka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.8%**

**58.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****869**

**956

Working population ****45.9%**

**44.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.4% for men and 48.8% for women. 47% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 126 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 262 (14%) · **■** Household industry 748 (41%) · **■** Other work 345 (19%) · **■** Marginal 340 (19%)

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 Farakka

- Sankarpur4,411 people
- Andhua4,090 people
- Bahadurpur4,079 people
- Sahabazpur3,984 people
- Baikunthapur3,730 people
- Gobindarampur3,589 people
- Chauki3,576 people
- Dohitpur3,272 people

[All 66 villages in Farakka](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/farakka/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Alaipur?3,969 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alaipur in?Murshidabad district (Farakka sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Alaipur?54.8% (Census 2011)