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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Uttarpara

Uttarpara is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,594 people in 380 households**, the 29th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,594people (2011)
- 380households
- 60.5%literacy
- 1,046females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttarpara

Of every 100 households in Uttarpara in 2011, 54 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Uttarpara · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****14%**

**18%

Television ****22%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**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 Uttarpara?

■ Uttarpara · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.5%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1046**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1043**

**955

Working population ****35.8%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.5% for men and 54.8% for women. 54% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 96 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 222 (39%) · **■** Household industry 27 (5%) · **■** Other work 112 (20%) · **■** Marginal 113 (20%)

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

- Makail1,688 people
- Saraihat Bajedonor1,684 people
- Khantapara1,682 people
- Katasan1,604 people
- Putahari1,563 people
- Minapara1,535 people
- Isnail1,531 people
- Ujil1,491 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uttarpara?1,594 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttarpara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttarpara?60.5% (Census 2011)