# Ektarpur Takinagar Village, Dantan - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Ektarpur Takinagar

Ektarpur Takinagar is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,522 people in 611 households**, the 12th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 2,522people (2011)
- 611households
- 78.0%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ektarpur Takinagar

Of every 100 households in Ektarpur Takinagar in 2011, 48 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ektarpur Takinagar · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**97%

Use banking services ****74%**

**62%

Television ****23%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**22%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Ektarpur Takinagar?

■ Ektarpur Takinagar · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.0%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****852**

**963

Working population ****38.0%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.2% for men and 70.4% for women. 56% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 57 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 149 (16%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 416 (43%) · **■** Marginal 335 (35%)

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 Dantan - I

- Raybar Uttar2,814 people
- Bhabanipur2,801 people
- Tarrui2,682 people
- Bara2,579 people
- Angua2,337 people
- Uttar Arbana2,297 people
- Gazipur Patna2,089 people
- Barangi2,003 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ektarpur Takinagar?2,522 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ektarpur Takinagar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ektarpur Takinagar?78.0% (Census 2011)