# Muktarpur Village, Barasat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Muktarpur

Muktarpur is a village in Barasat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,178 people in 272 households**, the 57th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 1,178people (2011)
- 272households
- 71.3%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Muktarpur

Of every 100 households in Muktarpur in 2011, 22 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Muktarpur · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**15%

Tap water ****4%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**10%

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

**78%

Use banking services ****20%**

**46%

Television ****22%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**3%

None of these assets ****42%**

**18%

Own their home ****72%**

**92%

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 Muktarpur?

■ Muktarpur · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****779**

**940

Working population ****41.2%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 68.1% for women. 66% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 122 (25%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 211 (44%) · **■** Marginal 116 (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 Barasat - I

- Chaturia1,296 people
- Sadarpur1,270 people
- Lakshmipur1,233 people
- Sebarhat1,188 people
- Katura1,118 people
- Kuberpur1,042 people
- Bazitpur944 people
- Panchghara934 people

[All 70 villages in Barasat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Muktarpur?1,178 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Muktarpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Muktarpur?71.3% (Census 2011)