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

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kaitara

Kaitara is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **588 people in 123 households**, the 110th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 588people (2011)
- 123households
- 89.3%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kaitara

Of every 100 households in Kaitara in 2011, 60 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kaitara · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**33%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****26%**

**25%

Television ****33%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kaitara?

■ Kaitara · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.3%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1478**

**951

Working population ****36.1%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.0% for men and 82.7% for women. 61% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 152 (72%) · **■** Farm labourers 54 (25%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 4 (2%)

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

- Bholanathpur617 people
- Dattamati611 people
- Disnagar609 people
- Behatair593 people
- Latimirzapur582 people
- Porajhar577 people
- Rasulpur576 people
- Abail574 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kaitara?588 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kaitara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kaitara?89.3% (Census 2011)