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

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Serpur

Serpur is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,740 people in 876 households**, the 31st largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 3,740people (2011)
- 876households
- 79.7%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Serpur

Of every 100 households in Serpur in 2011, 49 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Serpur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**19%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

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

**56%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****20%**

**38%

Television ****21%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****19%**

**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 Serpur?

■ Serpur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.7%**

**79.7%

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

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****978**

**962

Working population ****31.0%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 74.6% for women. 56% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 382 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 540 (47%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 205 (18%) · **■** Marginal 32 (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

- Gobrapur3,912 people
- Bhandarkola3,902 people
- Sehalapara3,859 people
- Polta3,843 people
- Chalki3,690 people
- Belta3,606 people
- Ganrapota3,538 people
- Mollahati3,430 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 Serpur?3,740 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Serpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Serpur?79.7% (Census 2011)