# Uttar Khanpur Village, Balurghat – Population & Literacy

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Uttar Khanpur

Uttar Khanpur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,895 people in 758 households**, the 4th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 2,895people (2011)
- 758households
- 78.0%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Khanpur

Of every 100 households in Uttar Khanpur in 2011, 23 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Uttar Khanpur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**38%

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

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**65%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****60%**

**41%

Television ****14%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****38%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Uttar Khanpur?

■ Uttar Khanpur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.0%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1038**

**965

Working population ****37.4%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 73.6% for women. 58% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 192 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 306 (28%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 64 (6%) · **■** Marginal 513 (47%)

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

- Patiram12,462 people
- Khidirpur5,419 people
- Kamarpara3,203 people
- Amritakhanda2,863 people
- Bolla2,836 people
- Durgapur2,814 people
- Bara Raghunathpur2,763 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uttar Khanpur?2,895 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Khanpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Khanpur?78.0% (Census 2011)