# Paptahar Bhaktipur Village, Kushmundi – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Paptahar Bhaktipur

Paptahar Bhaktipur is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **350 people in 85 households**, the 181st largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 350people (2011)
- 85households
- 61.9%literacy
- 1,023females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paptahar Bhaktipur

Of every 100 households in Paptahar Bhaktipur in 2011, 47 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paptahar Bhaktipur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****5%**

**18%

Television ****12%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**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 Paptahar Bhaktipur?

■ Paptahar Bhaktipur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.9%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1023**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1105**

**955

Working population ****26.9%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.6% for men and 58.3% for women. 53% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 3 (3%) · **■** Marginal 89 (95%)

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

- Arazi Shrirampur370 people
- Silimpur362 people
- Basudebpur355 people
- Nayapara354 people
- Raghunathpur350 people
- Dhandail347 people
- Ekdala342 people
- Jafarpur338 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paptahar Bhaktipur?350 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paptahar Bhaktipur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paptahar Bhaktipur?61.9% (Census 2011)