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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Sahapara

Sahapara is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **678 people in 169 households**, the 136th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 678people (2011)
- 169households
- 70.5%literacy
- 1,042females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sahapara

Of every 100 households in Sahapara in 2011, 25 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Sahapara · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**75%

Tap water ****6%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****88%**

**26%

Television ****8%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Sahapara?

■ Sahapara · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1042**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1049**

**954

Working population ****32.9%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 67.0% for women. 64% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 204 (91%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 16 (7%)

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

- Manipur687 people
- Minapara686 people
- Rajballabh Chak680 people
- Kashmulai679 people
- Nimgachhi669 people
- Guldanga663 people
- Jormail662 people
- Hazrabari657 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sahapara?678 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahapara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sahapara?70.5% (Census 2011)