# Darpanagar Village, Bankura - I, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - I, Bankura 

# Darpanagar

Darpanagar is a village in Bankura - I sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,307 people in 267 households**, the 19th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 1,307people (2011)
- 267households
- 71.3%literacy
- 1,052females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Darpanagar

Of every 100 households in Darpanagar in 2011, 37 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Darpanagar · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**42%

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

**15%

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

**84%

Tap water ****1%**

**25%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**6%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**68%

Use banking services ****2%**

**35%

Television ****3%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****69%**

**26%

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 Darpanagar?

■ Darpanagar · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1052**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1208**

**961

Working population ****32.6%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 59.1% for women. 54% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 51 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (5%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 142 (33%) · **■** Marginal 212 (50%)

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 Bankura - I

- Gauripur1,468 people
- Balia1,460 people
- Dhulidihi1,334 people
- Dakshinbankati1,312 people
- Gosaindihi1,302 people
- Chingra1,260 people
- Sanaband1,238 people
- Ailakundi1,207 people

[All 150 villages in Bankura - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Darpanagar?1,307 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Darpanagar in?Bankura district (Bankura - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Darpanagar?71.3% (Census 2011)