# Solpota Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Solpota

Solpota is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,578 people in 309 households**, the 29th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 1,578people (2011)
- 309households
- 85.1%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Solpota

Of every 100 households in Solpota in 2011, 68 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Solpota · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**59%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**39%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****55%**

**62%

Television ****33%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**22%

Own their home ****89%**

**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 Solpota?

■ Solpota · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.1%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****963**

**963

Working population ****30.5%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.7% for men and 76.7% for women. 54% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 159 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (11%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 123 (26%) · **■** Marginal 143 (30%)

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

- Antri1,613 people
- Gopinathpur1,584 people
- Maliara Sundarpur1,581 people
- Anikola1,579 people
- Krishnapur1,541 people
- Uchadiha1,428 people
- Pundra1,385 people
- Jaypur1,347 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 Solpota?1,578 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Solpota in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Solpota?85.1% (Census 2011)