# Dariapur Village, Kaliachak - III, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliachak - III, Maldah 

# Dariapur

Dariapur is a village in Kaliachak - III sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,249 people in 1,378 households**, the 19th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.7%.

- 6,249people (2011)
- 1,378households
- 61.5%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dariapur

Of every 100 households in Dariapur in 2011, 39 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dariapur · ■ Kaliachak - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**79%

Tap water ****32%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**90%

Use banking services ****34%**

**22%

Television ****20%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**43%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Dariapur?

■ Dariapur · ■ Kaliachak - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.5%**

**53.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****956**

**967

Working population ****46.2%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.6% for men and 54.2% for women. 52% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 160 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 718 (25%) · **■** Household industry 614 (21%) · **■** Other work 496 (17%) · **■** Marginal 899 (31%)

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 Kaliachak - III

- Chain Para7,570 people
- Jayenpur7,538 people
- Chak Bahadurpur6,628 people
- Nandalalpur6,441 people
- Kumbhira4,954 people
- Gopalpur4,794 people
- Kalinagar4,567 people
- Mahabbatpur4,149 people

[All 73 villages in Kaliachak - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/kaliachak-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dariapur?6,249 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dariapur in?Maldah district (Kaliachak - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dariapur?61.5% (Census 2011)