# Taktipur Abad, Kakdwip, South Twenty Four Parganas

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Village · Kakdwip, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Taktipur Abad

Taktipur Abad is a village in [Kakdwip](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/kakdwip/) sub-district of [South Twenty Four Parganas](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **6,832 people in 1,432 households**, the 14th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 6,832people (2011)
- 1,432households
- 74.4%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Taktipur Abad

Of every 100 households in Taktipur Abad in 2011, 15 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Taktipur Abad · ■ Kakdwip rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**39%

Tap water ****16%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**4%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****24%**

**35%

Television ****10%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****46%**

**34%

Own their home ****98%**

**91%

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 Taktipur Abad?

■ Taktipur Abad · ■ Kakdwip rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****888**

**976

Working population ****32.1%**

**35.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 65.1% for women. 56% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 363 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 594 (27%) · **■** Household industry 31 (1%) · **■** Other work 212 (10%) · **■** Marginal 993 (45%)

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 Kakdwip

- Manmathapur7,981 people
- Mrinalnagar7,851 people
- Bhubannagar6,879 people
- Bamanagar6,844 people
- Sibkalinagar6,674 people
- Gobindarampur6,526 people
- Gangadharpur6,514 people
- Madhusudanpur6,242 people

[All 39 villages in Kakdwip](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/kakdwip/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Taktipur Abad?6,832 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Taktipur Abad in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Kakdwip sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Taktipur Abad?74.4% (Census 2011)