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

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Village · Sutahata, Purba Medinipur 

# Ataphala

Ataphala is a village in Sutahata sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,531 people in 357 households**, the 32nd largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.2%.

- 1,531people (2011)
- 357households
- 82.8%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ataphala

Of every 100 households in Ataphala in 2011, 32 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ataphala · ■ Sutahata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**49%

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

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**20%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**4%

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

**5%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****11%**

**38%

Television ****13%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****42%**

**29%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Ataphala?

■ Ataphala · ■ Sutahata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.8%**

**85.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1044**

**974

Working population ****30.6%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 76.4% for women. 55% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 56 (12%) · **■** Marginal 411 (88%)

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

- Babupur1,676 people
- Ashadtalia1,656 people
- Uttar Ranichak1,604 people
- Dihsibram Nagar1,535 people
- Shrikrishnapur1,494 people
- Madhabpur1,419 people
- Horkhali1,403 people
- Khariberia1,398 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ataphala?1,531 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ataphala in?Purba Medinipur district (Sutahata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ataphala?82.8% (Census 2011)