# Aptair Village, Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Aptair

Aptair is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,655 people in 851 households**, the 1st largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 3,655people (2011)
- 851households
- 77.8%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Aptair

Of every 100 households in Aptair in 2011, 41 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Aptair · ■ Hilli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**60%

Tap water ****15%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**86%

Use banking services ****31%**

**36%

Television ****26%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****33%**

**32%

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 Aptair?

■ Aptair · ■ Hilli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.8%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****989**

**966

Working population ****46.4%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 71.8% for women. 59% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 201 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 91 (5%) · **■** Household industry 84 (5%) · **■** Other work 800 (47%) · **■** Marginal 521 (31%)

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 Hilli

- Jamalpur3,618 people
- Kismat Dapt3,163 people
- Purbba Raynagar2,618 people
- Baikunthapur2,493 people

[All 82 villages in Hilli](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/hilli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Aptair?3,655 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Aptair in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Aptair?77.8% (Census 2011)