# Tantipara Village, English Bazar, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · English Bazar, Maldah 

# Tantipara

Tantipara is a village in English Bazar sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,718 people in 350 households**, the 41st largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.

- 1,718people (2011)
- 350households
- 65.5%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tantipara

Of every 100 households in Tantipara in 2011, 42 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tantipara · ■ English Bazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**60%

Tap water ****48%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**42%

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

**5%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****34%**

**39%

Television ****16%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**31%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Tantipara?

■ Tantipara · ■ English Bazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.5%**

**63.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1283**

**972

Working population ****32.2%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.2% for men and 59.5% for women. 51% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 32 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 112 (20%) · **■** Household industry 37 (7%) · **■** Other work 293 (53%) · **■** Marginal 79 (14%)

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 English Bazar

- Uttar Ramchandrapur1,934 people
- Kumarpur1,842 people
- Gabgachhi1,806 people
- Sadullapur1,784 people
- Balupur1,653 people
- Mobarakpur1,641 people
- Bholanathpur1,606 people
- Ramkeli1,601 people

[All 132 villages in English Bazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/english-bazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tantipara?1,718 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tantipara in?Maldah district (English Bazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tantipara?65.5% (Census 2011)