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

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/takipur/

Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Takipur

Takipur is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **998 people in 226 households**, the 79th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 998people (2011)
- 226households
- 72.2%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Takipur

Of every 100 households in Takipur in 2011, 42 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Takipur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**32%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****6%**

**27%

Television ****20%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**37%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Takipur?

■ Takipur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****894**

**936

Working population ****45.5%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 68.3% for women. 62% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 76 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 161 (35%) · **■** Other work 70 (15%) · **■** Marginal 147 (32%)

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

- Palsa1,055 people
- Kasba1,009 people
- Bholanathpur999 people
- Nagan998 people
- Dafarpur997 people
- Narail983 people
- Ranipur949 people
- Khozapur937 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Takipur?998 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Takipur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Takipur?72.2% (Census 2011)