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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Benipur

Benipur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **850 people in 210 households**, the 96th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 850people (2011)
- 210households
- 64.3%literacy
- 1,019females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benipur

Of every 100 households in Benipur in 2011, 50 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benipur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**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 ****32%**

**26%

Television ****29%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Benipur?

■ Benipur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1019**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**954

Working population ****50.8%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.1% for men and 58.6% for women. 64% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 124 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 63 (15%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 94 (22%) · **■** Marginal 150 (35%)

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

- Nodhan873 people
- Gopal Nagar870 people
- Saranjabari852 people
- Arjunpur851 people
- Sirahal849 people
- Chak Bhagirath845 people
- Mahindar842 people
- Baghait841 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benipur?850 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benipur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benipur?64.3% (Census 2011)