# Alakulipur Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Alakulipur

Alakulipur is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,330 people in 278 households**, the 106th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 1,330people (2011)
- 278households
- 70.7%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Alakulipur

Of every 100 households in Alakulipur in 2011, 45 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Alakulipur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****63%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**19%

Tap water ****4%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****83%**

**56%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****18%**

**38%

Television ****21%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

None of these assets ****24%**

**22%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Alakulipur?

■ Alakulipur · ■ Bongaon rural average

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

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1045**

**962

Working population ****35.3%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 66.8% for women. 58% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 177 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 130 (28%) · **■** Household industry 41 (9%) · **■** Other work 109 (23%) · **■** Marginal 12 (3%)

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 Bongaon

- Mendia1,448 people
- Hanidanga1,401 people
- Belgaria1,376 people
- Dhoramari1,333 people
- Huda Bishnupur1,293 people
- Matihara1,291 people
- Byaspur1,290 people
- Rautara1,279 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Alakulipur?1,330 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alakulipur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Alakulipur?70.7% (Census 2011)