# Depara Village, Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur 

# Depara

Depara is a village in Midnapore sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **472 people in 104 households**, the 129th largest of 232 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 472people (2011)
- 104households
- 79.8%literacy
- 1,079females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Depara

Of every 100 households in Depara in 2011, 91 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Depara · ■ Midnapore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**68%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****68%**

**32%

Television ****24%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**25%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Depara?

■ Depara · ■ Midnapore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.8%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1079**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1640**

**968

Working population ****29.4%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 75.5% for women. 59% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 34 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (5%) · **■** Other work 20 (14%) · **■** Marginal 78 (56%)

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 Midnapore

- Chandabila495 people
- Farid Chak481 people
- Bahanagerya480 people
- Bhutgerya474 people
- Khayerbani459 people
- Nadhasuli455 people
- Jamdahara441 people
- Benashuli436 people

[All 271 villages in Midnapore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/midnapore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Depara?472 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Depara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Midnapore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Depara?79.8% (Census 2011)