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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Darpail

Darpail is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **805 people in 198 households**, the 106th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 805people (2011)
- 198households
- 65.6%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Darpail

Of every 100 households in Darpail in 2011, 12 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Darpail · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**75%

Tap water ****3%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**94%

Use banking services ****44%**

**26%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

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

**33%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Darpail?

■ Darpail · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.6%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1122**

**954

Working population ****51.3%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.8% for men and 58.4% for women. 66% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (12%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 47 (11%) · **■** Marginal 246 (60%)

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

- Zaziar824 people
- Nazirpur823 people
- Soair822 people
- Chhatrahati808 people
- Bhabanipur799 people
- Hasaipur795 people
- Jidhra795 people
- Srirampur784 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Darpail?805 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Darpail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Darpail?65.6% (Census 2011)