# Dariapur Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Dariapur

Dariapur is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,548 people in 338 households**, the 29th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 1,548people (2011)
- 338households
- 68.2%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dariapur

Of every 100 households in Dariapur in 2011, 28 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dariapur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**75%

Use banking services ****38%**

**53%

Television ****14%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**22%

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 Dariapur?

■ Dariapur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.2%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****783**

**948

Working population ****57.3%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.8% for men and 61.5% for women. 62% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 164 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 330 (37%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 62 (7%) · **■** Marginal 330 (37%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Majir Danga1,682 people
- Birchandrapur1,666 people
- Kuldanga1,575 people
- Dihipara1,574 people
- Patjor1,546 people
- Beloa1,545 people
- Mahanpur1,544 people
- Palshare1,525 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dariapur?1,548 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dariapur in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dariapur?68.2% (Census 2011)