# Alampur Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Alampur

Alampur is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **948 people in 229 households**, the 71st largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 948people (2011)
- 229households
- 72.1%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Alampur

Of every 100 households in Alampur in 2011, 46 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Alampur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****11%**

**18%

Television ****15%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**24%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Alampur?

■ Alampur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****843**

**955

Working population ****31.6%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.4% for men and 72.9% for women. 57% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 129 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 78 (26%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 13 (4%) · **■** Marginal 78 (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 Kushmundi

- Dehata1,005 people
- Bagdoli994 people
- Abuhar984 people
- Basail978 people
- Kunabari941 people
- Salekkuri939 people
- Deokhanda934 people
- Ghatsa931 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Alampur?948 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alampur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Alampur?72.1% (Census 2011)