# Dayapur Village, Gosaba – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gosaba, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dayapur

Dayapur is a village in Gosaba sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,972 people in 1,215 households**, the 20th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 4,972people (2011)
- 1,215households
- 84.0%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dayapur

Of every 100 households in Dayapur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dayapur · ■ Gosaba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**23%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****35%**

**35%

Television ****12%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****45%**

**51%

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 Dayapur?

■ Dayapur · ■ Gosaba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.0%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****884**

**981

Working population ****41.6%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.1% for men and 76.5% for women. 59% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 558 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 460 (22%) · **■** Household industry 9 (0%) · **■** Other work 139 (7%) · **■** Marginal 901 (44%)

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 Gosaba

- Puinjali5,455 people
- Gosaba5,369 people
- Birajnagar5,328 people
- Kachu Khali5,176 people
- Harishpur4,878 people
- Radhanagar Purba4,583 people
- Kamakhyapur4,577 people
- Luxbagan4,504 people

[All 51 villages in Gosaba](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/gosaba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dayapur?4,972 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dayapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Gosaba sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dayapur?84.0% (Census 2011)