# Bhawanipur Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Bhawanipur

Bhawanipur is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,700 people in 373 households**, the 19th largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 1,700people (2011)
- 373households
- 78.8%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhawanipur

Of every 100 households in Bhawanipur in 2011, 30 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhawanipur · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**34%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****44%**

**50%

Television ****8%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Bhawanipur?

■ Bhawanipur · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.8%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****873**

**988

Working population ****36.6%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.2% for men and 72.2% for women. 57% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 96 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 160 (26%) · **■** Other work 99 (16%) · **■** Marginal 268 (43%)

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 Debra

- Pashang1,979 people
- Alisagar1,822 people
- Bahadurpur1,818 people
- Palashi1,747 people
- Dabadari1,646 people
- Chandanpur1,610 people
- Bhangaband1,597 people
- Trilochanpur1,589 people

[All 477 villages in Debra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/debra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhawanipur?1,700 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhawanipur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhawanipur?78.8% (Census 2011)