# Dasturpara Village, Hariharpara, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Hariharpara, Murshidabad 

# Dasturpara

Dasturpara is a village in Hariharpara sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,325 people in 1,546 households**, the 15th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 6,325people (2011)
- 1,546households
- 68.3%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dasturpara

Of every 100 households in Dasturpara in 2011, 25 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dasturpara · ■ Hariharpara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**61%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****50%**

**30%

Television ****14%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Dasturpara?

■ Dasturpara · ■ Hariharpara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.3%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1005**

**992

Working population ****34.6%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.4% for men and 67.2% for women. 59% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 843 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 608 (28%) · **■** Household industry 27 (1%) · **■** Other work 197 (9%) · **■** Marginal 516 (24%)

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 Hariharpara

- Baruipara7,663 people
- Lal Nagar6,918 people
- Khidirpur6,638 people
- Sahajadpur6,602 people
- Jagannathpur6,235 people
- Raypur6,203 people
- Gaznipur5,936 people
- Lochanmati Dangapara5,226 people

[All 63 villages in Hariharpara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/hariharpara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dasturpara?6,325 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dasturpara in?Murshidabad district (Hariharpara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dasturpara?68.3% (Census 2011)