# Darapur Village, Kotulpur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kotulpur, Bankura 

# Darapur

Darapur is a village in Kotulpur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,821 people in 405 households**, the 32nd largest of 165 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 1,821people (2011)
- 405households
- 88.9%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Darapur

Of every 100 households in Darapur in 2011, 90 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Darapur · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**60%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**81%

Use banking services ****87%**

**65%

Television ****43%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**11%

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 Darapur?

■ Darapur · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.9%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****775**

**969

Working population ****43.0%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.8% for men and 82.0% for women. 61% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 429 (55%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (7%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 163 (21%) · **■** Marginal 126 (16%)

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 Kotulpur

- Aswinkota1,925 people
- Ganti1,884 people
- Krishnanagar1,842 people
- Gopalpur1,830 people
- Gogra1,777 people
- Khundanga1,738 people
- Banmukha1,585 people
- Jumuna1,575 people

[All 169 villages in Kotulpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/kotulpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Darapur?1,821 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Darapur in?Bankura district (Kotulpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Darapur?88.9% (Census 2011)