# Faridpur Village, Deshopran, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Faridpur

Faridpur is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,122 people in 222 households**, the 64th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 1,122people (2011)
- 222households
- 88.1%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Faridpur

Of every 100 households in Faridpur in 2011, 63 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Faridpur · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**9%

Tap water ****1%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**88%

Use banking services ****45%**

**35%

Television ****15%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**30%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Faridpur?

■ Faridpur · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.1%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****850**

**949

Working population ****34.0%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.1% for men and 82.5% for women. 56% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (26%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 158 (41%) · **■** Marginal 66 (17%)

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 Deshopran

- Daulatpur1,142 people
- Bichina1,139 people
- Dakshin Kadua1,131 people
- Dhobaberya1,123 people
- Kadua Mukundapur1,116 people
- Chhota Bantalia1,103 people
- Ramchak Gopalchak1,061 people
- Gotshauri1,049 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Faridpur?1,122 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Faridpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Faridpur?88.1% (Census 2011)