# Dwarika Village, Vishnupur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Vishnupur, Bankura 

# Dwarika

Dwarika is a village in Vishnupur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,366 people in 458 households**, the 15th largest of 147 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 2,366people (2011)
- 458households
- 75.7%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dwarika

Of every 100 households in Dwarika in 2011, 45 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dwarika · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**85%

Tap water ****21%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**87%

Use banking services ****54%**

**62%

Television ****26%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**16%

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 Dwarika?

■ Dwarika · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****993**

**985

Working population ****34.1%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.6% for men and 66.6% for women. 54% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (4%) · **■** Household industry 29 (4%) · **■** Other work 513 (64%) · **■** Marginal 181 (22%)

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 Vishnupur

- Prakash2,707 people
- Chhota Bankadaha2,641 people
- Shyamsundarpur2,527 people
- Janta2,441 people
- Uliara2,067 people
- Baramara2,061 people
- Narikala2,056 people
- Benda1,923 people

[All 161 villages in Vishnupur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/vishnupur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dwarika?2,366 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dwarika in?Bankura district (Vishnupur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dwarika?75.7% (Census 2011)