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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Minapara

Minapara is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,535 people in 360 households**, the 31st largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,535people (2011)
- 360households
- 71.8%literacy
- 1,025females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Minapara

Of every 100 households in Minapara in 2011, 14 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Minapara · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****5%**

**18%

Television ****4%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**24%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Minapara?

■ Minapara · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1025**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****888**

**955

Working population ****28.5%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 67.6% for women. 53% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 46 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 60 (14%) · **■** Other work 15 (3%) · **■** Marginal 317 (72%)

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

- Khantapara1,682 people
- Katasan1,604 people
- Uttarpara1,594 people
- Putahari1,563 people
- Isnail1,531 people
- Ujil1,491 people
- Maligaon1,472 people
- Deulabari1,450 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Minapara?1,535 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Minapara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Minapara?71.8% (Census 2011)