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

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bhaktipur

Bhaktipur is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **832 people in 194 households**, the 93rd largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 832people (2011)
- 194households
- 75.5%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhaktipur

Of every 100 households in Bhaktipur in 2011, 50 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bhaktipur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**70%

Tap water ****50%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**95%

Use banking services ****35%**

**27%

Television ****28%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**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 Bhaktipur?

■ Bhaktipur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.5%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**936

Working population ****44.0%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 70.4% for women. 62% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 76 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (7%) · **■** Household industry 14 (4%) · **■** Other work 141 (39%) · **■** Marginal 110 (30%)

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

- Ausa892 people
- Kantaban887 people
- Damodarpur873 people
- Chak Shibpur847 people
- Hapania820 people
- Shankarpur812 people
- Parbbatipur799 people
- Mirzzapur783 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhaktipur?832 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhaktipur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhaktipur?75.5% (Census 2011)