# Brajalalpur Village, Potashpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Brajalalpur

Brajalalpur is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,144 people in 247 households**, the 48th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 1,144people (2011)
- 247households
- 83.2%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Brajalalpur

Of every 100 households in Brajalalpur in 2011, 28 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Brajalalpur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**18%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****42%**

**46%

Television ****24%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****23%**

**30%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Brajalalpur?

■ Brajalalpur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.2%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****842**

**932

Working population ****43.1%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 77.0% for women. 60% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 105 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (18%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 190 (39%) · **■** Marginal 109 (22%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Bara Bhagia1,211 people
- Ektarpur1,184 people
- Golara Bheri1,147 people
- Irda1,145 people
- Pusha1,110 people
- Bala Bhadrapur1,101 people
- Chistipur Bheri1,094 people
- Tarat1,090 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Brajalalpur?1,144 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Brajalalpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Brajalalpur?83.2% (Census 2011)