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

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Menapur

Menapur is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,283 people in 312 households**, the 40th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 1,283people (2011)
- 312households
- 78.8%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Menapur

Of every 100 households in Menapur in 2011, 25 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Menapur · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**70%

Tap water ****5%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****47%**

**25%

Television ****6%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Menapur?

■ Menapur · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.8%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****988**

**951

Working population ****52.5%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.5% for men and 79.0% for women. 61% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 178 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (6%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 3 (0%) · **■** Marginal 442 (66%)

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

- Madhabpur1,332 people
- Daudpur1,299 people
- Dhadalpara1,297 people
- Amulia1,293 people
- Pirozpur1,234 people
- Brahmapur1,223 people
- Angina1,194 people
- Ajhair1,139 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Menapur?1,283 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Menapur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Menapur?78.8% (Census 2011)