# Uttar Amarpur Village, Bansihari – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Uttar Amarpur

Uttar Amarpur is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **753 people in 192 households**, the 65th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 753people (2011)
- 192households
- 78.4%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Amarpur

Of every 100 households in Uttar Amarpur in 2011, 47 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Uttar Amarpur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****28%**

**32%

Television ****17%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**29%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Uttar Amarpur?

■ Uttar Amarpur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1133**

**972

Working population ****45.8%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.9% for men and 73.8% for women. 64% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 111 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 44 (13%) · **■** Other work 24 (7%) · **■** Marginal 166 (48%)

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

- Gobindapur830 people
- Dakshin Gopalpur820 people
- Deogaon761 people
- Ghasipur761 people
- Paschim Chandipur752 people
- Daudpur732 people
- Rangapukur726 people
- Bataskuri715 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uttar Amarpur?753 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Amarpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Amarpur?78.4% (Census 2011)