# Faridpur Village, Jalangi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Jalangi, Murshidabad 

# Faridpur

Faridpur is a village in Jalangi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **20,041 people in 5,050 households**, the 3rd largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.4%.

- 20,041people (2011)
- 5,050households
- 66.9%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Faridpur

Of every 100 households in Faridpur in 2011, 21 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Faridpur · ■ Jalangi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**40%

Tap water ****8%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**47%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****43%**

**50%

Television ****10%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**35%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 · ■ Jalangi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.9%**

**67.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912**

**969

Working population ****35.7%**

**34.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.8% for men and 64.9% for women. 58% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,690 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 2,910 (41%) · **■** Household industry 134 (2%) · **■** Other work 852 (12%) · **■** Marginal 1,564 (22%)

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 Jalangi

- Sagarpara27,385 people
- Paschim Sahebrampur25,005 people
- Khayramari18,943 people
- Debipur17,877 people
- Joykrishnapur13,122 people
- Bara Bil Raghunathpur11,314 people

[All 53 villages in Jalangi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/jalangi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Faridpur?20,041 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Faridpur in?Murshidabad district (Jalangi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Faridpur?66.9% (Census 2011)