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

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Anantapur

Anantapur is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,134 people in 260 households**, the 67th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 1,134people (2011)
- 260households
- 62.9%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Anantapur

Of every 100 households in Anantapur in 2011, 16 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Anantapur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**32%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****12%**

**27%

Television ****10%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**37%

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 Anantapur?

■ Anantapur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.9%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****942**

**936

Working population ****51.5%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.4% for men and 50.1% for women. 56% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 97 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 380 (65%) · **■** Household industry 22 (4%) · **■** Other work 15 (3%) · **■** Marginal 70 (12%)

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 Gangarampur

- Singfarka1,215 people
- Chalunda1,187 people
- Ramdebpur1,174 people
- Shibpur1,151 people
- Atash1,130 people
- Patul1,119 people
- Kashimpur1,107 people
- Banihari1,104 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Anantapur?1,134 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Anantapur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Anantapur?62.9% (Census 2011)