# Thanupara Village, Alipurduar - II, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Alipurduar - II, Jalpaiguri 

# Thanupara

Thanupara is a village in Alipurduar - II sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,192 people in 569 households**, the 43rd largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 2,192people (2011)
- 569households
- 83.5%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Thanupara

Of every 100 households in Thanupara in 2011, 21 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Thanupara · ■ Alipurduar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**45%

Tap water ****2%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**72%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****13%**

**25%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**33%

Own their home ****96%**

**94%

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 Thanupara?

■ Thanupara · ■ Alipurduar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.5%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****991**

**939

Working population ****39.6%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.9% for men and 76.2% for women. 61% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 296 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 242 (28%) · **■** Household industry 32 (4%) · **■** Other work 190 (22%) · **■** Marginal 107 (12%)

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 Alipurduar - II

- Chhipra2,302 people
- Dakshin Shibkata2,300 people
- Baniagaon2,277 people
- Uttar Dhalkar2,205 people
- Dhalajhora2,136 people
- Purba Barachouki2,118 people
- Paschim Khalishamari2,111 people
- Brajerkuthi2,107 people

[All 78 villages in Alipurduar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/alipurduar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Thanupara?2,192 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Thanupara in?Jalpaiguri district (Alipurduar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Thanupara?83.5% (Census 2011)