# Anantapur Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Anantapur

Anantapur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **82 people in 21 households**, the 285th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 82people (2011)
- 21households
- 82.9%literacy
- 1,050females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Anantapur

Of every 100 households in Anantapur in 2011, 56 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Anantapur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****56%**

**41%

Television ****22%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Anantapur?

■ Anantapur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.9%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1050**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2000**

**965

Working population ****31.7%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 82.4% for women. 62% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 20 (77%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (4%) · **■** Other work 1 (4%) · **■** Marginal 4 (15%)

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 Balurghat

- Kashipukur98 people
- Chak Taher92 people
- Radhanagar Bhratta91 people
- Narayanbati88 people
- Sarangbari73 people
- Mahasani68 people
- Chakram Krishnapur64 people
- Bamanhati62 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Anantapur?82 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Anantapur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Anantapur?82.9% (Census 2011)