# Ballabpur Village, Contai - III, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Ballabpur

Ballabpur is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **712 people in 172 households**, the 82nd largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 97.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 712people (2011)
- 172households
- 97.1%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ballabpur

Of every 100 households in Ballabpur in 2011, 87 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ballabpur · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**4%

Tap water ****32%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****30%**

**42%

Television ****11%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**27%

Own their home ****89%**

**94%

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 Ballabpur?

■ Ballabpur · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****97.1%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**948

Working population ****33.3%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 99.1% for men and 94.9% for women. 58% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 43 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (16%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 72 (30%) · **■** Marginal 82 (35%)

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 Contai - III

- Ratnamala775 people
- Shikhar Patra Bar768 people
- Amratalia736 people
- Barani716 people
- Shibpur Betalya697 people
- Dahalauda693 people
- Bara Naoai691 people
- Raghunadanpur651 people

[All 166 villages in Contai - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ballabpur?712 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ballabpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ballabpur?97.1% (Census 2011)