# Brihaspatipur Village, Falta – Population & Literacy

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Brihaspatipur

Brihaspatipur is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **680 people in 167 households**, the 113th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 680people (2011)
- 167households
- 71.5%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Brihaspatipur

Of every 100 households in Brihaspatipur in 2011, 18 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Brihaspatipur · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****6%**

**37%

Television ****12%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****59%**

**37%

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 Brihaspatipur?

■ Brihaspatipur · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****692**

**965

Working population ****30.4%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 68.7% for women. 56% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (2%) · **■** Household industry 30 (14%) · **■** Other work 52 (25%) · **■** Marginal 118 (57%)

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 Falta

- Kotaldanga691 people
- Paschim Durgapur691 people
- Digra688 people
- Sibpur683 people
- Sriballabhpur678 people
- Paik Para641 people
- Pikhira571 people
- Goa Beria553 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Brihaspatipur?680 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Brihaspatipur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Brihaspatipur?71.5% (Census 2011)