# Sitapur Village, Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum 

# Sitapur

Sitapur is a village in Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,214 people in 300 households**, the 56th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,214people (2011)
- 300households
- 73.3%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sitapur

Of every 100 households in Sitapur in 2011, 37 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sitapur · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**73%

Tap water ****1%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**82%

Use banking services ****96%**

**61%

Television ****20%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Sitapur?

■ Sitapur · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.3%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****955**

**972

Working population ****48.9%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 72.3% for women. 64% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 185 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 191 (32%) · **■** Household industry 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 26 (4%) · **■** Marginal 175 (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 Bolpur Sriniketan

- Rasulpur1,308 people
- Purushottampur1,267 people
- Khiruli1,237 people
- Darpashila1,235 people
- Monoharpur1,168 people
- Gopalnagar1,160 people
- Debagram1,155 people
- Mahishdal1,147 people

[All 169 villages in Bolpur Sriniketan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/bolpur-sriniketan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sitapur?1,214 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sitapur in?Birbhum district (Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sitapur?73.3% (Census 2011)