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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Patkola

Patkola is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,186 people in 540 households**, the 21st largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 2,186people (2011)
- 540households
- 73.6%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Patkola

Of every 100 households in Patkola in 2011, 5 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Patkola · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**75%

Tap water ****14%**

**8%

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

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****20%**

**26%

Television ****2%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**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 Patkola?

■ Patkola · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****817**

**954

Working population ****57.7%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 69.0% for women. 63% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 322 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 308 (24%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 41 (3%) · **■** Marginal 590 (47%)

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

- Bishnupur2,425 people
- Muktarampur2,402 people
- Jaminishchinta2,246 people
- Harsura2,241 people
- Salsama2,125 people
- Kasba Batair2,067 people
- Kasba2,065 people
- Azmatpur1,920 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Patkola?2,186 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Patkola in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Patkola?73.6% (Census 2011)