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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Sikarpur

Sikarpur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **358 people in 89 households**, the 213th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 32.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 358people (2011)
- 89households
- 32.7%literacy
- 1,057females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sikarpur

Of every 100 households in Sikarpur in 2011, 63 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sikarpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****17%**

**26%

Television ****6%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****58%**

**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 Sikarpur?

■ Sikarpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****32.7%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1057**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**954

Working population ****54.7%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 33.6% for men and 31.9% for women. 67% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 14 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 157 (80%) · **■** Other work 6 (3%) · **■** Marginal 19 (10%)

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

- Hasahar365 people
- Bezahar363 people
- Dakshin Zaziar363 people
- Pabail363 people
- Parbbatpur352 people
- Chhayani Basudebpur349 people
- Maildanga348 people
- Tarajpur344 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sikarpur?358 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sikarpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sikarpur?32.7% (Census 2011)