# Sarifabad, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Sarifabad

Sarifabad is a village in [Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/) sub-district of [Dakshin Dinajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **985 people in 220 households**, the 78th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 985people (2011)
- 220households
- 61.1%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sarifabad

Of every 100 households in Sarifabad in 2011, 28 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sarifabad · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****3%**

**26%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**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 Sarifabad?

■ Sarifabad · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.1%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****954**

**954

Working population ****39.0%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.1% for men and 54.0% for women. 60% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 177 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (12%) · **■** Other work 8 (2%) · **■** Marginal 151 (39%)

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

- Bandihar1,051 people
- Uttar Mahadebpur1,051 people
- Bhadrail1,049 people
- Rajeswarpur1,003 people
- Bajitpur982 people
- Sihur980 people
- Chak Prabhuram962 people
- Dakhalain962 people

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

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- Sarifabad · Village, Pithora, Mahasamund · 228 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sarifabad?985 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarifabad in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sarifabad?61.1% (Census 2011)