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

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/sankarbati/

Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Sankarbati

Sankarbati is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **740 people in 186 households**, the 120th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 740people (2011)
- 186households
- 56.3%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sankarbati

Of every 100 households in Sankarbati in 2011, 39 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sankarbati · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**31%

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

**24%

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

**75%

Tap water ****19%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****19%**

**26%

Television ****23%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**33%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Sankarbati?

■ Sankarbati · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.3%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1146**

**954

Working population ****57.8%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.3% for men and 49.7% for women. 64% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 16 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 172 (40%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 47 (11%) · **■** Marginal 192 (45%)

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

- Telighata Bhabanipur770 people
- Dakshin Harsura764 people
- Daing753 people
- Mahanaj749 people
- Anatair736 people
- Jadubati724 people
- Aichanda719 people
- Durgapur714 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sankarbati?740 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sankarbati in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sankarbati?56.3% (Census 2011)