# Dafarpur Village, Shyampur - I, Haora (West Bengal)

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Village · Shyampur - I, Haora 

# Dafarpur

Dafarpur is a village in Shyampur - I sub-district of Haora district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **651 people in 158 households**, the 58th largest of 63 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.8%.

- 651people (2011)
- 158households
- 79.6%literacy
- 1,041females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dafarpur

Of every 100 households in Dafarpur in 2011, 51 had electricity, 55 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dafarpur · ■ Shyampur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****55%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**37%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**92%

Use banking services ****49%**

**31%

Television ****33%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**40%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Dafarpur?

■ Dafarpur · ■ Shyampur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.6%**

**78.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1041**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1036**

**987

Working population ****55.8%**

**35.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.2% for men and 74.3% for women. 74% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (7%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 69 (19%) · **■** Marginal 231 (64%)

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 Shyampur - I

- Alpin1,284 people
- Srirampur1,219 people
- Maheshwarpur1,136 people
- Chhota Joynagar900 people
- Madaribar628 people
- Gopalpur578 people
- Bharapura477 people
- Sankardari389 people

[All 63 villages in Shyampur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/haora/shyampur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dafarpur?651 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dafarpur in?Haora district (Shyampur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dafarpur?79.6% (Census 2011)