# Dapang Village, Hura, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hura, Puruliya 

# Dapang

Dapang is a village in Hura sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **608 people in 115 households**, the 77th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 608people (2011)
- 115households
- 76.7%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dapang

Of every 100 households in Dapang in 2011, 61 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dapang · ■ Hura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**5%

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

**3%

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

**75%

Use banking services ****26%**

**41%

Television ****11%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Dapang?

■ Dapang · ■ Hura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.7%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1118**

**954

Working population ****60.4%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 62.6% for women. 59% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 84 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (19%) · **■** Other work 25 (7%) · **■** Marginal 190 (52%)

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 Hura

- Layekdi689 people
- Kapasgora638 people
- Bagdisha634 people
- Gundlubari615 people
- Bahukakata593 people
- Garurbasa593 people
- Kajali572 people
- Shushunia563 people

[All 116 villages in Hura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/hura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dapang?608 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dapang in?Puruliya district (Hura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dapang?76.7% (Census 2011)