# Daspur Village, Patharpratima – Population & Literacy

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Village · Patharpratima, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Daspur

Daspur is a village in Patharpratima sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **455 people in 82 households**, the 86th largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 455people (2011)
- 82households
- 81.3%literacy
- 857females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Daspur

Of every 100 households in Daspur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Daspur · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**1%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****25%**

**45%

Television ****19%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**36%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Daspur?

■ Daspur · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.3%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****857**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****970**

**965

Working population ****62.9%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 73.6% for women. 64% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 40 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (33%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 26 (9%) · **■** Marginal 126 (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 Patharpratima

- Krishnapur1,068 people
- Dakshin Mahendrapur875 people
- Parbatipur650 people
- Harikrishnapur631 people
- Ramdebpur250 people

[All 92 villages in Patharpratima](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/patharpratima/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Daspur?455 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Daspur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Patharpratima sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Daspur?81.3% (Census 2011)