# Kotalpur Village, Daspur - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Daspur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kotalpur

Kotalpur is a village in Daspur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,342 people in 278 households**, the 56th largest of 157 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.0%.

- 1,342people (2011)
- 278households
- 92.5%literacy
- 1,021females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kotalpur

Of every 100 households in Kotalpur in 2011, 81 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kotalpur · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**38%

Tap water ****1%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**25%

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

**6%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****72%**

**59%

Television ****30%**

**36%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**13%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kotalpur?

■ Kotalpur · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.5%**

**84.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1125**

**972

Working population ****32.3%**

**41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.2% for men and 88.8% for women. 64% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 17 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (13%) · **■** Other work 156 (36%) · **■** Marginal 204 (47%)

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 Daspur - I

- Singaghai1,435 people
- Kharradha Krishnapur1,398 people
- Jhumjhumi1,357 people
- Krishnanagar1,347 people
- Sahapur1,336 people
- Laoda1,328 people
- Saiyadkarim1,322 people
- Kismatkalera1,295 people

[All 162 villages in Daspur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/daspur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kotalpur?1,342 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotalpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Daspur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kotalpur?92.5% (Census 2011)