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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Anantapur

Anantapur is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,832 people in 397 households**, the 19th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,832people (2011)
- 397households
- 67.3%literacy
- 993females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Anantapur

Of every 100 households in Anantapur in 2011, 2 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Anantapur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**29%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****12%**

**18%

Television ****2%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Anantapur?

■ Anantapur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.3%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****993**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****717**

**955

Working population ****29.7%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.0% for men and 60.8% for women. 54% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 378 (69%) · **■** Farm labourers 104 (19%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 52 (10%) · **■** Marginal 9 (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 Kushmundi

- Panchhata2,023 people
- Betahar1,942 people
- Manikor1,886 people
- Ekdala Bahirhata1,878 people
- Shikrishnapur1,786 people
- Deul1,781 people
- Banihari1,770 people
- Balapukur1,736 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Anantapur?1,832 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Anantapur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Anantapur?67.3% (Census 2011)