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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dilalpur

Dilalpur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **272 people in 67 households**, the 230th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 272people (2011)
- 67households
- 61.5%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dilalpur

Of every 100 households in Dilalpur in 2011, 15 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dilalpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**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 ****4%**

**26%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****66%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Dilalpur?

■ Dilalpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.5%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**954

Working population ****47.8%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.6% for men and 51.7% for women. 54% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 18 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 104 (80%) · **■** Other work 6 (5%) · **■** Marginal 2 (2%)

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

- Kharpa288 people
- Teliapara287 people
- Satihar280 people
- Dakshin Sadullapur276 people
- Pothai268 people
- Jamainkarai265 people
- Karai261 people
- Chak Hosen259 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dilalpur?272 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dilalpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dilalpur?61.5% (Census 2011)