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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Atila

Atila is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,425 people in 346 households**, the 45th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,425people (2011)
- 346households
- 63.9%literacy
- 1,007females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Atila

Of every 100 households in Atila in 2011, 8 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Atila · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****17%**

**26%

Television ****2%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**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 Atila?

■ Atila · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.9%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1007**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****989**

**954

Working population ****62.5%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.7% for men and 55.1% for women. 66% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 172 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 135 (15%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 9 (1%) · **■** Marginal 573 (64%)

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

- Malancha1,515 people
- Krishnabati1,499 people
- Jiyatkunda1,469 people
- Dwip Khanda1,432 people
- Balapur1,425 people
- Khirtta1,387 people
- Rampara Chenchra1,379 people
- Antashimul1,370 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Atila?1,425 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Atila in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Atila?63.9% (Census 2011)