# Briddhapalla Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Briddhapalla

Briddhapalla is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,255 people in 291 households**, the 113th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 1,255people (2011)
- 291households
- 70.1%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Briddhapalla

Of every 100 households in Briddhapalla in 2011, 38 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Briddhapalla · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

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

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%**

**92%

Use banking services ****22%**

**38%

Television ****15%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****45%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Briddhapalla?

■ Briddhapalla · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****726**

**962

Working population ****44.2%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 60.3% for women. 56% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 214 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 61 (11%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 72 (13%) · **■** Marginal 203 (37%)

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

- Byaspur1,290 people
- Rautara1,279 people
- Ballabhpur1,268 people
- Ganeshpur1,256 people
- Monaharpur1,222 people
- Chithalia1,198 people
- Taranipur1,177 people
- Purbba Ramchandrapur1,149 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 Briddhapalla?1,255 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Briddhapalla in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Briddhapalla?70.1% (Census 2011)