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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Khantapara

Khantapara is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,682 people in 369 households**, the 27th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,682people (2011)
- 369households
- 61.5%literacy
- 1,010females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khantapara

Of every 100 households in Khantapara in 2011, 18 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Khantapara · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**27%

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

**17%

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

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**29%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**93%

Use banking services ****30%**

**18%

Television ****13%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**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 Khantapara?

■ Khantapara · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.5%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1010**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****937**

**955

Working population ****34.7%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.9% for men and 55.2% for women. 56% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 159 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 130 (22%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 105 (18%) · **■** Marginal 186 (32%)

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

- Balapukur1,736 people
- Mahipaldighi1,713 people
- Makail1,688 people
- Saraihat Bajedonor1,684 people
- Katasan1,604 people
- Uttarpara1,594 people
- Putahari1,563 people
- Minapara1,535 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khantapara?1,682 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khantapara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khantapara?61.5% (Census 2011)