# Dastanpur Village, Jamalpur, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Jamalpur, Barddhaman 

# Dastanpur

Dastanpur is a village in Jamalpur sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,234 people in 282 households**, the 82nd largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.1%.

- 1,234people (2011)
- 282households
- 74.8%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dastanpur

Of every 100 households in Dastanpur in 2011, 39 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dastanpur · ■ Jamalpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**46%

Tap water ****2%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**84%

Use banking services ****99%**

**65%

Television ****33%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Dastanpur?

■ Dastanpur · ■ Jamalpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**74.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****742**

**982

Working population ****43.0%**

**44.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 69.8% for women. 58% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 81 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 352 (66%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 69 (13%) · **■** Marginal 25 (5%)

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 Jamalpur

- Halara1,301 people
- Keliri1,297 people
- Chak Muzafarpur1,269 people
- Bhairabpur1,257 people
- Shukpur1,229 people
- Nandanpur1,220 people
- Siromani1,164 people
- Harekrishnapur1,152 people

[All 123 villages in Jamalpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/jamalpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dastanpur?1,234 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dastanpur in?Barddhaman district (Jamalpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dastanpur?74.8% (Census 2011)