# Petrapol Village, Bongaon – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Petrapol

Petrapol is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,778 people in 385 households**, the 78th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 1,778people (2011)
- 385households
- 71.3%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Petrapol

Of every 100 households in Petrapol in 2011, 57 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Petrapol · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**19%

Tap water ****7%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**92%

Use banking services ****26%**

**38%

Television ****40%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

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

**3%

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

**22%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Petrapol?

■ Petrapol · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1226**

**962

Working population ****29.6%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.1% for men and 64.9% for women. 53% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 137 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 126 (24%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 243 (46%) · **■** Marginal 13 (2%)

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

- Ganganandapur1,853 people
- Garibpur1,839 people
- Bhulat1,797 people
- Dharmmapur1,793 people
- Naraharipur1,759 people
- Manikgram Chak1,758 people
- Sholka Durgapur1,756 people
- Shimulia1,745 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 Petrapol?1,778 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Petrapol in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Petrapol?71.3% (Census 2011)