Baruipur Community Development Block, with population of about 4.3 lakh is South Twenty Four Parganas district's the most populous sub district, located in South Twenty Four Parganas district of the state West Bengal in India. There are 122 villages in the sub district, among them Ramnagar is the most populous village with population of about 17 thousand and Dhankhola is the least populous village with population of 206. Ramnagar is the biggest village in the sub district with an area of 14 km2 and Phuldubi is the smallest with 0 km2.
There are 12 census towns in the sub district, those are - Baruipur (P), Mallikpur, Champahati, Hariharpur and Petua Census Towns (limited to 5 most populous).
Demographics
The sub district is home to about 4.3 lakh people, among them about 2.2 lakh (51%) are male and about 2.1 lakh (49%) are female. 62% of the whole population are from general caste, 38% are from schedule caste and 0% are schedule tribes. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Baruipur community development block is 12%, among them 51% are boys and 49% are girls. There are about 98 thousand households in the sub district and an average 4 persons live in every family.
The majority of the population, nearly 73% (about 3.2 lakh) live in Baruipur Sub District rural part and 27% (about 1.2 lakh) population live in the Baruipur Sub District urban part.
|
Total |
General |
Schedule Caste |
Schedule Tribe |
Child |
| Total |
433,119 |
266,437 |
165,537 |
1,145 |
50,049 |
| Male |
221,200 |
135,451 |
85,122 |
627 |
25,624 |
| Female |
211,919 |
130,986 |
80,415 |
518 |
24,425 |
Religion wise distribution of population
Hindus contribute 61% of the total population and are the largest religious community in the sub district followed by Muslims which contribute 37% of the total population and Not Stateds are the third largest religious community here with 1% population.. Female Sex ratio per 1000 male in Hindus are 957 in Muslims are 955 and in Not Stateds are 1031.
|
Total |
Hindu |
Muslim |
Christian |
Sikh |
Buddhist |
Jain |
Others |
Not Stated |
| Total |
433,119 |
263,627 |
160,073 |
3,852 |
179 |
146 |
65 |
59 |
5,118 |
| Male |
221,200 |
134,703 |
81,868 |
1,885 |
86 |
74 |
30 |
34 |
2,520 |
| Female |
211,919 |
128,924 |
78,205 |
1,967 |
93 |
72 |
35 |
25 |
2,598 |
Growth of population
Population of the sub district has increased by 23.2% in last 10 years. In 2001 census total population here were about 3.5 lakh. Female population growth rate of the sub district is 24.8% which is 3% higher than male population growth rate of 21.8%. General caste population has increased by 33%; Schedule caste population has increased by 10.1%; Schedule Tribe population has increased by 35.8% and child population has increased by 1.3% in the sub district since last census.
|
Total |
General |
Schedule Caste |
Schedule Tribe |
Child |
| Total |
23.2% |
33% |
10.1% |
35.8% |
1.3% |
| Male |
21.8% |
30.8% |
9.7% |
36.9% |
1.4% |
| Female |
24.8% |
35.5% |
10.6% |
34.5% |
1.2% |
Sex Ratio - Females per 1000 Male
As of 2011 census there are 958 females per 1000 male in the sub district. Sex ratio in general caste is 967, in schedule caste is 945 and in schedule tribe is 826. There are 953 girls under 6 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the sub district. Overall sex ratio in the sub district has increased by 23 females per 1000 male during the years from 2001 to 2011. Child sex ratio here has decreased by 3 girls per 1000 boys during the same time.
|
Total |
General |
SC |
ST |
Child |
| Change |
23 |
33 |
8 |
-15 |
-3 |
| 2011 |
958 |
967 |
945 |
826 |
953 |
| 2001 |
935 |
934 |
937 |
841 |
956 |
Literacy
Total about 2.9 lakh people in the sub district are literate, among them about 1.6 lakh are male and about 1.3 lakh are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Baruipur is 76%. 82% of male and 71% of female population are literate here. Overall literacy rate in the sub district has increased by 7%. Male literacy has gone up by 4% and female literacy rate has gone up by 12%.
|
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Change |
7.6% |
4.3% |
11.3% |
| 2011 |
76.5% |
82.2% |
70.5% |
| 2001 |
68.9% |
77.9% |
59.2% |
Workers profile
Baruipur has 36% (about 1.5 lakh) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 56% male and 14% female population are working population. 44% of total male population are main (full time) workers and 12% are marginal (part time) workers. For women 7% of total female population are main and 7% are marginal workers.
|
Worker (Among total population) |
Main Worker (Among workers) |
Marginal Worker (Among workers) |
Non Worker (Among total population) |
| Total |
35.7% |
26.3% |
9.4% |
64.3% |
| Male |
56% |
44.4% |
11.7% |
44% |
| Female |
14.5% |
7.4% |
7.1% |
85.5% |