# Asrafpur Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Asrafpur

Asrafpur is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,620 people in 350 households**, the 63rd largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,620people (2011)
- 350households
- 54.1%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Asrafpur

Of every 100 households in Asrafpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Asrafpur · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****7%**

**16%

Television ****5%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Asrafpur?

■ Asrafpur · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.1%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**955

Working population ****50.8%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.0% for men and 47.0% for women. 60% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 204 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 196 (24%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 47 (6%) · **■** Marginal 370 (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 Itahar

- Basratpur1,755 people
- Sahabhita1,741 people
- Tilna1,694 people
- Kochpara1,679 people
- Subarnapur1,616 people
- Koarpur1,559 people
- Digna1,558 people
- Belua1,516 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Asrafpur?1,620 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Asrafpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Asrafpur?54.1% (Census 2011)