Village · Para, Puruliya
# Fatepur

Fatepur is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,128 people in 183 households, the 57th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.
- 1,128 people (2011)
- 183 households
- 62.2% literacy
- 928 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Fatepur

Of every 100 households in Fatepur in 2011, 27 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Fatepur · ■ Para rural average
- Electricity for lighting 27% 26%
- Toilet within the home 2% 6%
- No toilet (open defecation) 90% 92%
- Tap water 0% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 4% 8%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 69% 79%
- Use banking services 16% 47%
- Television 18% 16%
- Mobile phone 48% 32%
- Computer with internet 2% 0%
- Two-wheeler 8% 8%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 32% 20%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Fatepur?

■ Fatepur · ■ Para rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 62.2% 65.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 928 944
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 817 968
- Working population 46.6% 37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 43.9% for women. 61% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 3 (1%) · ■ Farm labourers 64 (12%) · ■ Household industry 43 (8%) · ■ Other work 38 (7%) · ■ Marginal 378 (72%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Para
- Charpatya 1,187 people
- Kalla 1,142 people
- Dheria 1,136 people
- Amlatora 1,129 people
- Kankdiha 1,128 people
- Intakora 1,112 people
- Alkusa 1,069 people
- Shyampur 1,068 people

All 132 villages in Para

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- Fatepur · Town, South Twenty Four Parganas · 8,105 people
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- Fatepur · Village, Tiloi, Rae Bareli · 5,348 people
- Fatepur · Village, Haringhata, Nadia · 5,093 people
- Fatepur · Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur · 4,676 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Fatepur? 1,128 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Fatepur in? Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Fatepur? 62.2% (Census 2011)

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