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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Erenda

Erenda is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **777 people in 181 households**, the 114th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 777people (2011)
- 181households
- 75.5%literacy
- 881females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Erenda

Of every 100 households in Erenda in 2011, 27 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Erenda · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****22%**

**26%

Television ****18%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**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 Erenda?

■ Erenda · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.5%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****881**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****830**

**954

Working population ****45.9%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 67.1% for women. 57% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (19%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 13 (4%) · **■** Marginal 220 (62%)

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

- Srirampur784 people
- Bakharpur782 people
- Banial779 people
- Budhatch778 people
- Dinagar771 people
- Telighata Bhabanipur770 people
- Dakshin Harsura764 people
- Daing753 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Erenda?777 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Erenda in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Erenda?75.5% (Census 2011)