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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Arjunpur

Arjunpur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **851 people in 229 households**, the 95th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 851people (2011)
- 229households
- 57.4%literacy
- 1,031females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Arjunpur

Of every 100 households in Arjunpur in 2011, 27 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Arjunpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****48%**

**26%

Television ****13%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**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 Arjunpur?

■ Arjunpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.4%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1031**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1731**

**954

Working population ****49.5%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.6% for men and 50.1% for women. 61% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 115 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 119 (28%) · **■** Other work 34 (8%) · **■** Marginal 153 (36%)

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

- Chandhati875 people
- Nodhan873 people
- Gopal Nagar870 people
- Saranjabari852 people
- Benipur850 people
- Sirahal849 people
- Chak Bhagirath845 people
- Mahindar842 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Arjunpur?851 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Arjunpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Arjunpur?57.4% (Census 2011)