# Dechapara Village, Bharatpur - I, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Bharatpur - I, Murshidabad 

# Dechapara

Dechapara is a village in Bharatpur - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,645 people in 560 households**, the 22nd largest of 82 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.9%.

- 2,645people (2011)
- 560households
- 67.2%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dechapara

Of every 100 households in Dechapara in 2011, 40 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dechapara · ■ Bharatpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**20%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****36%**

**36%

Television ****26%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**44%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Dechapara?

■ Dechapara · ■ Bharatpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.2%**

**62.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1017**

**971

Working population ****34.3%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.1% for men and 64.1% for women. 60% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 168 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 323 (36%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 234 (26%) · **■** Marginal 169 (19%)

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 Bharatpur - I

- Gadda3,078 people
- Gidgram3,057 people
- Madanpur Dafarpur3,040 people
- Munsurpur2,738 people
- Gundiria2,575 people
- Sardanga2,554 people
- Sunia2,528 people
- Sankarmarui2,354 people

[All 92 villages in Bharatpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/bharatpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dechapara?2,645 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dechapara in?Murshidabad district (Bharatpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dechapara?67.2% (Census 2011)