# Aripara Village, Budge Budge - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Budge Budge - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Aripara

Aripara is a village in Budge Budge - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,722 people in 398 households**, the 33rd largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 1,722people (2011)
- 398households
- 87.1%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Aripara

Of every 100 households in Aripara in 2011, 83 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Aripara · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**44%

Tap water ****62%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**91%

Use banking services ****54%**

**46%

Television ****48%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Aripara?

■ Aripara · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.1%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1296**

**981

Working population ****35.1%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.8% for men and 83.2% for women. 60% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 12 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (11%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 282 (47%) · **■** Marginal 237 (39%)

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 Budge Budge - II

- Brindabanpur2,086 people
- Itali1,986 people
- Chak Daulat1,835 people
- Dosatina1,825 people
- Dhanchebaria1,709 people
- Maheswarpur1,641 people
- Bhetkakhali1,519 people
- Kamra1,500 people

[All 61 villages in Budge Budge - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/budge-budge-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Aripara?1,722 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Aripara in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Budge Budge - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Aripara?87.1% (Census 2011)