# Balpai Village, Sabang, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sabang, Paschim Medinipur 

# Balpai

Balpai is a village in Sabang sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,867 people in 639 households**, the 16th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 2,867people (2011)
- 639households
- 81.2%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balpai

Of every 100 households in Balpai in 2011, 43 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balpai · ■ Sabang rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**22%

Tap water ****78%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**16%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****37%**

**48%

Television ****17%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****8%**

**20%

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 Balpai?

■ Balpai · ■ Sabang rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.2%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****988**

**952

Working population ****59.2%**

**59.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 73.6% for women. 68% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 492 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 110 (6%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 215 (13%) · **■** Marginal 870 (51%)

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 Sabang

- Basulya3,423 people
- Ruinan3,301 people
- Nedhua3,287 people
- Danrra2,926 people
- Rambhadrapur2,838 people
- Shyamsundarpur2,801 people
- Barada2,757 people
- Kapasda2,749 people

[All 232 villages in Sabang](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sabang/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balpai?2,867 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balpai in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sabang sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balpai?81.2% (Census 2011)