# Balgobindapur Village, Potashpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Balgobindapur

Balgobindapur is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,368 people in 1,117 households**, the 4th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 4,368people (2011)
- 1,117households
- 83.0%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balgobindapur

Of every 100 households in Balgobindapur in 2011, 20 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balgobindapur · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**24%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****18%**

**36%

Television ****9%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**21%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Balgobindapur?

■ Balgobindapur · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.0%**

**86.5%

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

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****991**

**943

Working population ****41.5%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.0% for men and 76.5% for women. 61% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 195 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 263 (15%) · **■** Household industry 31 (2%) · **■** Other work 218 (12%) · **■** Marginal 1,106 (61%)

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 - II

- Khar6,645 people
- Kharat Katbar5,961 people
- Kasbapatapur5,853 people
- Panchet4,106 people
- Mustaphapur3,988 people
- Mathura3,860 people
- Satshatamal3,565 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balgobindapur?4,368 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balgobindapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balgobindapur?83.0% (Census 2011)