# Ahera Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Ahera

Ahera is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **317 people in 72 households**, the 221st largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 317people (2011)
- 72households
- 63.2%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ahera

Of every 100 households in Ahera in 2011, 1 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ahera · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****3%**

**26%

Television ****7%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Ahera?

■ Ahera · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.2%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****759**

**954

Working population ****39.1%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.8% for men and 63.6% for women. 57% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 50 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (17%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 51 (41%)

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 Tapan

- Tarajpur344 people
- Sundarpur338 people
- Fatullapur337 people
- Naighati320 people
- Paharpur310 people
- Dhundipara304 people
- Kharikadanga304 people
- Kaikuri301 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ahera?317 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ahera in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ahera?63.2% (Census 2011)