# Zafarpur Village, Basirhat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Zafarpur

Zafarpur is a village in Basirhat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **15,159 people in 3,373 households**, the 1st largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 15,159people (2011)
- 3,373households
- 77.7%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Zafarpur

Of every 100 households in Zafarpur in 2011, 54 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Zafarpur · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**50%

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

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**22%

Tap water ****10%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****28%**

**41%

Television ****15%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**26%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Zafarpur?

■ Zafarpur · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.7%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1119**

**969

Working population ****34.4%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 75.0% for women. 60% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 451 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,038 (20%) · **■** Household industry 97 (2%) · **■** Other work 2,387 (46%) · **■** Marginal 1,238 (24%)

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 - II

- Eojnagar11,051 people
- Srinagar11,025 people
- Rajendrapur10,417 people
- Kachua Swarupnagar8,383 people

[All 67 villages in Basirhat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Zafarpur?15,159 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Zafarpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Zafarpur?77.7% (Census 2011)