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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Sankair

Sankair is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **945 people in 231 households**, the 85th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 945people (2011)
- 231households
- 72.4%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sankair

Of every 100 households in Sankair in 2011, 46 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Sankair · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****32%**

**26%

Television ****19%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**33%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Sankair?

■ Sankair · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1057**

**954

Working population ****49.7%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 65.4% for women. 59% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 112 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 152 (32%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 196 (42%)

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

- Chak Prabhuram962 people
- Dakhalain962 people
- Badalpur960 people
- Dakshin Jamalpur952 people
- Bunail930 people
- Hosen Pur919 people
- Haribansipur900 people
- Halidana888 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sankair?945 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sankair in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sankair?72.4% (Census 2011)