# Deriapur Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Deriapur

Deriapur is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,218 people in 293 households**, the 44th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 1,218people (2011)
- 293households
- 66.3%literacy
- 1,017females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Deriapur

Of every 100 households in Deriapur in 2011, 57 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Deriapur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**82%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**85%

Use banking services ****53%**

**57%

Television ****35%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Deriapur?

■ Deriapur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.3%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1017**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986**

**961

Working population ****41.1%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.5% for men and 59.3% for women. 62% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 137 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 157 (31%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 64 (13%) · **■** Marginal 139 (28%)

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 Sainthia

- Mitrapur1,267 people
- Barasangra1,253 people
- Kaluraypur1,240 people
- Ikra1,231 people
- Bholagaria1,216 people
- Juita1,203 people
- Uttar Amarpur1,192 people
- Harisara1,187 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Deriapur?1,218 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Deriapur in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Deriapur?66.3% (Census 2011)