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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bazrapukur

Bazrapukur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,538 people in 2,088 households**, the 1st largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 8,538people (2011)
- 2,088households
- 72.3%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bazrapukur

Of every 100 households in Bazrapukur in 2011, 37 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bazrapukur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**75%

Tap water ****8%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**94%

Use banking services ****33%**

**26%

Television ****23%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**33%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Bazrapukur?

■ Bazrapukur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****894**

**954

Working population ****45.1%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 65.3% for women. 61% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 696 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 774 (20%) · **■** Household industry 234 (6%) · **■** Other work 999 (26%) · **■** Marginal 1,148 (30%)

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

- Naogon4,908 people
- Salas4,772 people
- Ramchandrapur4,538 people
- Mandapara4,262 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bazrapukur?8,538 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bazrapukur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bazrapukur?72.3% (Census 2011)