# Dostapur Village, Falta – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dostapur

Dostapur is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,538 people in 592 households**, the 28th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 2,538people (2011)
- 592households
- 79.6%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dostapur

Of every 100 households in Dostapur in 2011, 54 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dostapur · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**91%

Use banking services ****37%**

**37%

Television ****36%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**37%

Own their home ****94%**

**97%

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 Dostapur?

■ Dostapur · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.6%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1066**

**965

Working population ****40.5%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 75.6% for women. 58% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 42 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (4%) · **■** Household industry 40 (4%) · **■** Other work 472 (46%) · **■** Marginal 437 (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 Falta

- Rukhia2,680 people
- Ponkamra2,664 people
- Ghanasyampur2,651 people
- Punya2,583 people
- Nityanandapur2,529 people
- Hangarghata Harishpur2,505 people
- Kantalfuli2,429 people
- Srirampur2,353 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dostapur?2,538 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dostapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dostapur?79.6% (Census 2011)