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

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dafarpur

Dafarpur is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **997 people in 240 households**, the 80th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 997people (2011)
- 240households
- 61.4%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dafarpur

Of every 100 households in Dafarpur in 2011, 18 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dafarpur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**32%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****9%**

**27%

Television ****13%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****64%**

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dafarpur?

■ Dafarpur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.4%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****867**

**936

Working population ****34.3%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.1% for men and 55.5% for women. 57% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 39 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 175 (51%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 40 (12%) · **■** Marginal 85 (25%)

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

- Kasba1,009 people
- Bholanathpur999 people
- Nagan998 people
- Takipur998 people
- Narail983 people
- Ranipur949 people
- Khozapur937 people
- Amgaon919 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dafarpur?997 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dafarpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dafarpur?61.4% (Census 2011)