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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Fatepur

Fatepur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,233 people in 284 households**, the 57th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,233people (2011)
- 284households
- 66.8%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Fatepur

Of every 100 households in Fatepur in 2011, 13 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Fatepur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**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 ****16%**

**26%

Television ****6%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**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 Fatepur?

■ Fatepur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.8%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****878**

**954

Working population ****45.3%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.0% for men and 58.6% for women. 60% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 295 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 199 (36%) · **■** Other work 20 (4%) · **■** Marginal 44 (8%)

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

- Manahali1,333 people
- Ghatika1,318 people
- Malahar1,302 people
- Daing Malancha1,234 people
- Sakair1,233 people
- Dubahar1,217 people
- Kadoa Jagadisbati1,185 people
- Chak Balaram1,183 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Fatepur?1,233 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Fatepur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Fatepur?66.8% (Census 2011)