# Balipur Village, Barasat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Balipur

Balipur is a village in Barasat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,311 people in 265 households**, the 58th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.1%.

- 1,311people (2011)
- 265households
- 70.7%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balipur

Of every 100 households in Balipur in 2011, 39 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balipur · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**16%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**51%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**91%

Use banking services ****36%**

**40%

Television ****5%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**9%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**95%

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 Balipur?

■ Balipur · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**78.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****904**

**952

Working population ****26.2%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.1% for men and 70.3% for women. 50% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 52 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 225 (65%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 41 (12%) · **■** Marginal 24 (7%)

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 Barasat - II

- Palitpara1,581 people
- Kamduni1,418 people
- Ghosalpur1,412 people
- Chaugharia1,327 people
- Bardeshia1,226 people
- Kaipul1,213 people
- Aminpur1,055 people
- Dugdhia988 people

[All 77 villages in Barasat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balipur?1,311 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balipur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balipur?70.7% (Census 2011)