Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Kishtapur

Kishtapur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,153 people in 253 households, the 65th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.
- 1,153 people (2011)
- 253 households
- 81.0% literacy
- 958 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kishtapur

Of every 100 households in Kishtapur in 2011, 20 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kishtapur · ■ Tapan rural average
- Electricity for lighting 20% 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 19% 26%
- Television 10% 16%
- Mobile phone 43% 30%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 24% 33%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kishtapur?

■ Kishtapur · ■ Tapan rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 81.0% 68.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 958 949
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1083 954
- Working population 40.9% 45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 77.2% for women. 62% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 256 (54%) · ■ Farm labourers 51 (11%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 5 (1%) · ■ Marginal 159 (34%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Tapan
- Chak Balaram 1,183 people
- Khosalpur 1,177 people
- Abhirampur 1,161 people
- Jamalpur 1,157 people
- Chandrail 1,145 people
- Katrail 1,118 people
- Gopinathpur 1,090 people
- Kakna 1,089 people

All 279 villages in Tapan

## Other places named Kishtapur
- Kishtapur · Village, Jannaram, Adilabad · 4,656 people
- Kishtapur · Village, Doma, Rangareddy · 2,907 people
- Kishtapur · Village, Birkoor, Nizamabad · 2,826 people
- Kishtapur · Village, Chamorshi, Gadchiroli · 1,153 people
- Kishtapur · Village, Neradigonda, Adilabad · 1,057 people
- Kishtapur · Village, Sedam, Gulbarga · 943 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kishtapur? 1,153 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kishtapur in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kishtapur? 81.0% (Census 2011)

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