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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Baturia

Baturia is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,551 people in 345 households**, the 37th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,551people (2011)
- 345households
- 73.5%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baturia

Of every 100 households in Baturia in 2011, 45 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baturia · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**75%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****24%**

**26%

Television ****23%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**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 Baturia?

■ Baturia · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1012**

**954

Working population ****45.3%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 66.7% for women. 61% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 312 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 99 (14%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 34 (5%) · **■** Marginal 255 (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

- Jamlabad1,630 people
- Ganahar1,609 people
- Lakshminaryanpur1,593 people
- Babatail1,590 people
- Muraripur1,529 people
- Rampur1,526 people
- Kazi Bhagi1,521 people
- Malancha1,515 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baturia?1,551 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baturia in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baturia?73.5% (Census 2011)