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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Muradpur

Muradpur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **159 people in 40 households**, the 256th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 159people (2011)
- 40households
- 68.1%literacy
- 828females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Muradpur

Of every 100 households in Muradpur in 2011, 87 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Muradpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****38%**

**26%

Television ****54%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**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 Muradpur?

■ Muradpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.1%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****828**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****364**

**954

Working population ****32.7%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.5% for men and 72.1% for women. 56% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 40 (77%) · **■** Other work 1 (2%) · **■** Marginal 11 (21%)

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

- Faradpur172 people
- Madhabpur170 people
- Goranda165 people
- Sadullapur163 people
- Shyamnagar157 people
- Sulapanipur156 people
- Hardail144 people
- Chak Sib139 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Muradpur?159 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Muradpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Muradpur?68.1% (Census 2011)