# Rupahata Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Rupahata

Rupahata is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,152 people in 271 households**, the 45th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,152people (2011)
- 271households
- 62.3%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rupahata

Of every 100 households in Rupahata in 2011, 24 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rupahata · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**40%

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

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****31%**

**32%

Television ****6%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****42%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Rupahata?

■ Rupahata · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.3%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****810**

**972

Working population ****36.0%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.1% for men and 54.4% for women. 56% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 44 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (15%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 47 (11%) · **■** Marginal 258 (62%)

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

- Mirahati1,190 people
- Kakhar1,184 people
- Kalyani1,183 people
- Baharail1,172 people
- Rasidpur1,079 people
- Dhiltail1,005 people
- Kusumba1,001 people
- Sihal1,001 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rupahata?1,152 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rupahata in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rupahata?62.3% (Census 2011)