# Ballalpur Village, Farakka, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Farakka, Murshidabad 

# Ballalpur

Ballalpur is a village in Farakka sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **7,217 people in 1,429 households**, the 5th largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.4%.

- 7,217people (2011)
- 1,429households
- 50.9%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ballalpur

Of every 100 households in Ballalpur in 2011, 16 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ballalpur · ■ Farakka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**71%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**23%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****38%**

**70%

Use banking services ****26%**

**44%

Television ****5%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**31%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Ballalpur?

■ Ballalpur · ■ Farakka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.9%**

**58.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****910**

**956

Working population ****46.0%**

**44.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.2% for men and 46.7% for women. 47% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 115 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 137 (4%) · **■** Household industry 1,277 (38%) · **■** Other work 1,370 (41%) · **■** Marginal 421 (13%)

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

- Kuli28,092 people
- Bewa15,265 people
- Jafar Ganj12,114 people
- Bhabanipur11,465 people
- Imamnagar6,933 people
- Jigri Kulgachhi6,004 people
- Uttar Bhabanipur5,509 people
- Sri Rampur4,848 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ballalpur?7,217 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ballalpur in?Murshidabad district (Farakka sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ballalpur?50.9% (Census 2011)