# Belun Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Belun

Belun is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,099 people in 242 households**, the 51st largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 1,099people (2011)
- 242households
- 84.2%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belun

Of every 100 households in Belun in 2011, 71 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Belun · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****84%**

**60%

Television ****23%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****9%**

**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 Belun?

■ Belun · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.2%**

**83.6%

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

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****556**

**942

Working population ****51.8%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.1% for men and 79.2% for women. 63% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 102 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 91 (16%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 71 (12%) · **■** Marginal 302 (53%)

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 Pingla

- Gokul Chak1,153 people
- Belar1,152 people
- Podima1,122 people
- Baliswarpur1,102 people
- Tentul Muri1,091 people
- Uttar Bar1,069 people
- Santai1,067 people
- Upalda1,061 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belun?1,099 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belun in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belun?84.2% (Census 2011)