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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dinagar

Dinagar is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **771 people in 188 households**, the 115th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 771people (2011)
- 188households
- 60.8%literacy
- 1,024females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dinagar

Of every 100 households in Dinagar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dinagar · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**31%

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

**24%

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

**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 ****0%**

**26%

Television ****0%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****87%**

**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 Dinagar?

■ Dinagar · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.8%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1024**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1091**

**954

Working population ****48.6%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.2% for men and 50.6% for women. 61% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 314 (84%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 14 (4%) · **■** Marginal 40 (11%)

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

- Bakharpur782 people
- Banial779 people
- Budhatch778 people
- Erenda777 people
- Telighata Bhabanipur770 people
- Dakshin Harsura764 people
- Daing753 people
- Mahanaj749 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dinagar?771 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dinagar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dinagar?60.8% (Census 2011)