# Dior Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dior

Dior is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,504 people in 804 households**, the 2nd largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 3,504people (2011)
- 804households
- 78.5%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dior

Of every 100 households in Dior in 2011, 33 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dior · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**70%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**33%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****12%**

**25%

Television ****20%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**33%

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 Dior?

■ Dior · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.5%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****926**

**951

Working population ****38.7%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 71.7% for women. 57% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 595 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 186 (14%) · **■** Household industry 35 (3%) · **■** Other work 191 (14%) · **■** Marginal 348 (26%)

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 Kumarganj

- Kumarganj3,920 people
- Batun3,255 people
- Safa Nagar3,242 people
- Elendari3,045 people
- Jakhirpur3,004 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dior?3,504 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dior in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dior?78.5% (Census 2011)