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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Magurpur

Magurpur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,763 people in 412 households**, the 30th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,763people (2011)
- 412households
- 63.5%literacy
- 1,006females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Magurpur

Of every 100 households in Magurpur in 2011, 23 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Magurpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**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 ****16%**

**26%

Television ****6%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Magurpur?

■ Magurpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.5%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**954

Working population ****46.9%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.1% for men and 59.0% for women. 54% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 167 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 212 (26%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 40 (5%) · **■** Marginal 403 (49%)

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

- Garail1,904 people
- Katabari1,860 people
- Khalsi1,842 people
- Suhari1,782 people
- Chechra1,731 people
- Chak Baliram1,663 people
- Jamlabad1,630 people
- Ganahar1,609 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Magurpur?1,763 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Magurpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Magurpur?63.5% (Census 2011)