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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Karttikpur

Karttikpur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **117 people in 25 households**, the 263rd largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 117people (2011)
- 25households
- 70.1%literacy
- 887females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karttikpur

Of every 100 households in Karttikpur in 2011, 48 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karttikpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****0%**

**26%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**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 Karttikpur?

■ Karttikpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****887**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****818**

**954

Working population ****36.8%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 65.2% for women. 61% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 3 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (7%) · **■** Household industry 1 (2%) · **■** Marginal 36 (84%)

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

- Hardail144 people
- Chak Sib139 people
- Chak Bahara129 people
- Chak Radhakanta122 people
- Jnanbai112 people
- Umanandapur109 people
- Dharmadanga104 people
- Izanagar83 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karttikpur?117 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karttikpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karttikpur?70.1% (Census 2011)