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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Suhari

Suhari is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,782 people in 444 households**, the 29th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,782people (2011)
- 444households
- 78.8%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Suhari

Of every 100 households in Suhari in 2011, 31 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Suhari · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**75%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**94%

Use banking services ****35%**

**26%

Television ****21%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**33%

Own their home ****89%**

**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 Suhari?

■ Suhari · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.8%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****881**

**954

Working population ****39.3%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 70.9% for women. 58% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 112 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 112 (16%) · **■** Household industry 23 (3%) · **■** Other work 301 (43%) · **■** Marginal 153 (22%)

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

- Azmatpur1,920 people
- Garail1,904 people
- Katabari1,860 people
- Khalsi1,842 people
- Magurpur1,763 people
- Chechra1,731 people
- Chak Baliram1,663 people
- Jamlabad1,630 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Suhari?1,782 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Suhari in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Suhari?78.8% (Census 2011)