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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Rampur

Rampur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,526 people in 364 households**, the 39th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,526people (2011)
- 364households
- 74.8%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rampur

Of every 100 households in Rampur in 2011, 38 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Rampur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**75%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**94%

Use banking services ****23%**

**26%

Television ****38%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**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 Rampur?

■ Rampur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****906**

**954

Working population ****42.7%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.2% for men and 69.1% for women. 59% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 160 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 188 (29%) · **■** Household industry 20 (3%) · **■** Other work 184 (28%) · **■** Marginal 100 (15%)

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

- Lakshminaryanpur1,593 people
- Babatail1,590 people
- Baturia1,551 people
- Muraripur1,529 people
- Kazi Bhagi1,521 people
- Malancha1,515 people
- Krishnabati1,499 people
- Jiyatkunda1,469 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rampur?1,526 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rampur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rampur?74.8% (Census 2011)