# Katapur Village, Memari - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Memari - I, Barddhaman 

# Katapur

Katapur is a village in Memari - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,737 people in 621 households**, the 29th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 2,737people (2011)
- 621households
- 74.0%literacy
- 1,033females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Katapur

Of every 100 households in Katapur in 2011, 43 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Katapur · ■ Memari - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**43%

Tap water ****0%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**37%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**74%

Use banking services ****30%**

**39%

Television ****20%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Katapur?

■ Katapur · ■ Memari - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.0%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1033**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**973

Working population ****43.0%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 69.5% for women. 65% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 156 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 470 (40%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 207 (18%) · **■** Marginal 339 (29%)

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 Memari - I

- Nudipur2,893 people
- Bijra2,860 people
- Dadpur2,791 people
- Uttar Radhakantapur2,739 people
- Gantar2,637 people
- Shashinara2,622 people
- Kathalgachhi2,601 people
- Mandaljana2,489 people

[All 112 villages in Memari - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/memari-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Katapur?2,737 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Katapur in?Barddhaman district (Memari - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Katapur?74.0% (Census 2011)