# Thengapara Village, Gangarampur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Thengapara

Thengapara is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,692 people in 383 households**, the 42nd largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 1,692people (2011)
- 383households
- 77.5%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Thengapara

Of every 100 households in Thengapara in 2011, 61 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Thengapara · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**95%

Use banking services ****26%**

**27%

Television ****33%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**37%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Thengapara?

■ Thengapara · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.5%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****771**

**936

Working population ****39.1%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 68.9% for women. 57% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 100 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 47 (7%) · **■** Household industry 59 (9%) · **■** Other work 362 (55%) · **■** Marginal 93 (14%)

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

- Nandair1,725 people
- Narai1,712 people
- Madhabpur1,711 people
- Panchagram1,706 people
- Purbba Bishnupur1,654 people
- Nandanpur1,626 people
- Ratinathpur1,517 people
- Tilna1,514 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Thengapara?1,692 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Thengapara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Thengapara?77.5% (Census 2011)