# Pipha Village, Basirhat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Pipha

Pipha is a village in Basirhat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,760 people in 1,275 households**, the 7th largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.1%.

- 5,760people (2011)
- 1,275households
- 73.1%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pipha

Of every 100 households in Pipha in 2011, 40 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pipha · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**70%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**25%

Tap water ****17%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**19%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**91%

Use banking services ****58%**

**29%

Television ****15%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**26%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Pipha?

■ Pipha · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.1%**

**72.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****896**

**953

Working population ****34.5%**

**36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.9% for men and 70.1% for women. 55% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 171 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 724 (36%) · **■** Household industry 50 (3%) · **■** Other work 896 (45%) · **■** Marginal 146 (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 Basirhat - I

- Gachha6,489 people
- Akharpur6,204 people
- Kodalia5,896 people
- Gotra5,894 people
- Merudandi4,730 people
- Hariharpur4,477 people
- Debhog4,430 people
- Goknashri Gobindapur4,110 people

[All 60 villages in Basirhat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pipha?5,760 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pipha in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pipha?73.1% (Census 2011)