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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Muraripur

Muraripur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,529 people in 352 households**, the 38th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,529people (2011)
- 352households
- 64.4%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Muraripur

Of every 100 households in Muraripur in 2011, 42 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Muraripur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****4%**

**26%

Television ****23%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**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 Muraripur?

■ Muraripur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.4%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1049**

**954

Working population ****44.3%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.9% for men and 57.9% for women. 61% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 109 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 101 (15%) · **■** Household industry 19 (3%) · **■** Other work 38 (6%) · **■** Marginal 410 (61%)

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

- Ganahar1,609 people
- Lakshminaryanpur1,593 people
- Babatail1,590 people
- Baturia1,551 people
- Rampur1,526 people
- Kazi Bhagi1,521 people
- Malancha1,515 people
- Krishnabati1,499 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Muraripur?1,529 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Muraripur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Muraripur?64.4% (Census 2011)