# Atapur Village, Sandeshkhali - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sandeshkhali - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Atapur

Atapur is a village in Sandeshkhali - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,287 people in 1,262 households**, the 17th largest of 24 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.0%.

- 5,287people (2011)
- 1,262households
- 66.1%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Atapur

Of every 100 households in Atapur in 2011, 4 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Atapur · ■ Sandeshkhali - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**56%

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

**41%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**12%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**96%

Use banking services ****8%**

**33%

Television ****3%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****47%**

**58%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Atapur?

■ Atapur · ■ Sandeshkhali - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.1%**

**71.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1020**

**997

Working population ****39.1%**

**38.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 55.9% for women. 57% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 89 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 671 (32%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 588 (28%) · **■** Marginal 708 (34%)

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 Sandeshkhali - II

- Korakati6,695 people
- Sitalia6,092 people
- Hatgachha5,960 people
- Khulna5,958 people
- Jeliakhali Purba Khanda5,084 people
- Sukhdoani4,481 people
- Gabbaria3,841 people
- Bouthakurani2,840 people

[All 24 villages in Sandeshkhali - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/sandeshkhali-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Atapur?5,287 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Atapur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Sandeshkhali - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Atapur?66.1% (Census 2011)