# Dafarpota Village, Purbasthali - II, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Purbasthali - II, Barddhaman 

# Dafarpota

Dafarpota is a village in Purbasthali - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,472 people in 329 households**, the 55th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 1,472people (2011)
- 329households
- 61.4%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dafarpota

Of every 100 households in Dafarpota in 2011, 24 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dafarpota · ■ Purbasthali - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**24%

Tap water ****3%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**91%

Use banking services ****58%**

**44%

Television ****8%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****64%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Dafarpota?

■ Dafarpota · ■ Purbasthali - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.4%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1151**

**970

Working population ****36.9%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.7% for men and 55.9% for women. 63% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 32 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 355 (65%) · **■** Household industry 42 (8%) · **■** Other work 36 (7%) · **■** Marginal 78 (14%)

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 Purbasthali - II

- Bodhsah1,566 people
- Palasberia1,551 people
- Pathangram1,486 people
- Sanghoshpara1,477 people
- Syambati1,442 people
- Mamudpur1,408 people
- Nowapara1,371 people
- Moail1,292 people

[All 90 villages in Purbasthali - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/purbasthali-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dafarpota?1,472 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dafarpota in?Barddhaman district (Purbasthali - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dafarpota?61.4% (Census 2011)