# Pratapnagar Village, Sonarpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sonarpur, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Pratapnagar

Pratapnagar is a village in Sonarpur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,785 people in 657 households**, the 22nd largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 2,785people (2011)
- 657households
- 71.7%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pratapnagar

Of every 100 households in Pratapnagar in 2011, 76 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Pratapnagar · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**18%

Tap water ****64%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**73%

Use banking services ****36%**

**52%

Television ****50%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**10%

Own their home ****98%**

**92%

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 Pratapnagar?

■ Pratapnagar · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.7%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****953**

**969

Working population ****36.3%**

**37.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 63.9% for women. 59% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 61 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (3%) · **■** Household industry 25 (2%) · **■** Other work 616 (61%) · **■** Marginal 277 (27%)

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 Sonarpur

- Kghodhati3,619 people
- Bara Gachhia3,520 people
- Gangajora3,339 people
- Deara3,152 people
- Hasanpur2,753 people
- Benebou2,707 people
- Raghunathpur2,657 people
- Arapanch2,451 people

[All 65 villages in Sonarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/sonarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pratapnagar?2,785 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pratapnagar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Sonarpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pratapnagar?71.7% (Census 2011)