# Patara, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Patara

Patara is a village in [Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/) sub-district of [Dakshin Dinajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,200 people in 295 households**, the 40th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,200people (2011)
- 295households
- 81.8%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Patara

Of every 100 households in Patara in 2011, 50 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Patara · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**58%

Tap water ****66%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**89%

Use banking services ****22%**

**32%

Television ****20%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****47%**

**29%

Own their home ****81%**

**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 Patara?

■ Patara · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.8%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1360**

**972

Working population ****51.6%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 76.7% for women. 59% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 125 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 149 (24%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 82 (13%) · **■** Marginal 254 (41%)

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 Bansihari

- Bhitarmasun1,282 people
- Karkha1,256 people
- Khidirpur1,249 people
- Chandmukh1,242 people
- Mirahati1,190 people
- Kakhar1,184 people
- Kalyani1,183 people
- Baharail1,172 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

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## Quick answers

- What is the population of Patara?1,200 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Patara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Patara?81.8% (Census 2011)