Village · Canning - II, South Twenty Four Parganas
# Moktarpur

Moktarpur is a village in Canning - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,617 people in 308 households, the 39th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.
- 1,617 people (2011)
- 308 households
- 63.3% literacy
- 939 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Moktarpur

Of every 100 households in Moktarpur in 2011, 4 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Moktarpur · ■ Canning - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 4% 22%
- Toilet within the home 31% 57%
- No toilet (open defecation) 69% 41%
- Tap water 0% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 3% 6%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 92%
- Use banking services 7% 12%
- Television 1% 8%
- Mobile phone 28% 31%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 2%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 46% 47%
- Own their home 98% 96%

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

## What is the population of Moktarpur?

■ Moktarpur · ■ Canning - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 63.3% 66.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 939 965
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 943 961
- Working population 30.3% 33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 44.5% for women. 52% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 32 (7%) · ■ Farm labourers 255 (52%) · ■ Household industry 6 (1%) · ■ Other work 52 (11%) · ■ Marginal 145 (30%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Canning - II
- Mukhujya Para 1,847 people
- Ganti 1,752 people
- Bakultala 1,727 people
- Hadiya 1,701 people
- Ramrayer Gheri 1,564 people
- Kaparpuri 1,476 people
- Hatiamari 1,367 people
- Gutri 1,355 people

All 61 villages in Canning - II

## Other places named Moktarpur
- Moktarpur · Village, Raninagar - I, Murshidabad · 9,739 people
- Moktarpur · Village, Tarakeswar, Hugli · 6,364 people
- Moktarpur · Village, Berhampore, Murshidabad · 5,881 people
- Moktarpur · Village, Kalna - I, Barddhaman · 1,895 people
- Moktarpur · Village, Balagarh, Hugli · 1,715 people
- Moktarpur · Village, Karimpur - II, Nadia · 1,032 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Moktarpur? 1,617 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Moktarpur in? South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Moktarpur? 63.3% (Census 2011)

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