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

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Uchitpur

Uchitpur is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **432 people in 95 households**, the 118th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 432people (2011)
- 95households
- 86.4%literacy
- 870females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uchitpur

Of every 100 households in Uchitpur in 2011, 88 had electricity, 55 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Uchitpur · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****55%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**39%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****41%**

**62%

Television ****16%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Uchitpur?

■ Uchitpur · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.4%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****870**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1042**

**963

Working population ****37.3%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.7% for men and 77.8% for women. 61% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 49 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 106 (66%) · **■** Other work 6 (4%)

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

- Kharakhai504 people
- Kusturia485 people
- Raisima Uttar483 people
- Madhu Baicha459 people
- Gopalbar431 people
- Jambolia428 people
- Jatibar428 people
- Patbanda423 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 Uchitpur?432 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uchitpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uchitpur?86.4% (Census 2011)