# Anantapur Village, Sutahata, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sutahata, Purba Medinipur 

# Anantapur

Anantapur is a village in Sutahata sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,179 people in 261 households**, the 43rd largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.2%.

- 1,179people (2011)
- 261households
- 87.6%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Anantapur

Of every 100 households in Anantapur in 2011, 71 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Anantapur · ■ Sutahata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****79%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**20%

Tap water ****12%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**90%

Use banking services ****60%**

**38%

Television ****44%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

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

**29%

Own their home ****99%**

**93%

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 Anantapur?

■ Anantapur · ■ Sutahata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.6%**

**85.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1034**

**974

Working population ****30.8%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.5% for men and 82.3% for women. 52% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 15 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (4%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 174 (48%) · **■** Marginal 156 (43%)

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 Sutahata

- Baishnab Chak1,285 people
- Gajipur1,220 people
- Tajpur1,191 people
- Agadoro1,187 people
- Khanpur1,176 people
- Sahapur1,172 people
- Manirampur1,171 people
- Jamal Chak1,164 people

[All 80 villages in Sutahata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sutahata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Anantapur?1,179 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Anantapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Sutahata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Anantapur?87.6% (Census 2011)