Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Latkeshabpur

Latkeshabpur is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,378 people in 292 households, the 53rd largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.
- 1,378 people (2011)
- 292 households
- 80.6% literacy
- 930 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Latkeshabpur

Of every 100 households in Latkeshabpur in 2011, 57 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Latkeshabpur · ■ Gangarampur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 57% 38%
- Toilet within the home 20% 28%
- No toilet (open defecation) 49% 70%
- Tap water 0% 7%
- Drinking water within premises 21% 32%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 95%
- Use banking services 33% 27%
- Television 22% 17%
- Mobile phone 39% 29%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 2%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 18% 37%
- Own their home 98% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Latkeshabpur?

■ Latkeshabpur · ■ Gangarampur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 80.6% 71.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 930 932
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1009 936
- Working population 38.0% 40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 76.4% for women. 58% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 180 (34%) · ■ Farm labourers 152 (29%) · ■ Household industry 2 (0%) · ■ Other work 28 (5%) · ■ Marginal 162 (31%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Gangarampur
- Pargaon 1,479 people
- Sayrapur 1,438 people
- Puranpara 1,416 people
- Gangarampur 1,396 people
- Raghunathbati 1,356 people
- Mathurapur 1,321 people
- Lalchandrapur 1,320 people
- Sahanali 1,266 people

All 202 villages in Gangarampur

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Latkeshabpur? 1,378 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Latkeshabpur in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Latkeshabpur? 80.6% (Census 2011)

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