# Faridpur Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Faridpur

Faridpur is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,070 people in 468 households**, the 26th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 2,070people (2011)
- 468households
- 58.4%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Faridpur

Of every 100 households in Faridpur in 2011, 16 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Faridpur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****3%**

**34%

Television ****5%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Faridpur?

■ Faridpur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.4%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****981**

**969

Working population ****44.9%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.3% for men and 51.6% for women. 53% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 325 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 517 (56%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 25 (3%) · **■** Marginal 61 (7%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Atghara2,232 people
- Tilgaon2,222 people
- Maheshpur2,181 people
- Bheur2,130 people
- Atia1,991 people
- Purba Goalgaon1,977 people
- Anantapur1,976 people
- Bhabanipur1,964 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Faridpur?2,070 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Faridpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Faridpur?58.4% (Census 2011)