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

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Paharajpur

Paharajpur is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,980 people in 869 households**, the 9th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 3,980people (2011)
- 869households
- 71.0%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paharajpur

Of every 100 households in Paharajpur in 2011, 26 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Paharajpur · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****25%**

**16%

Television ****17%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**32%

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 Paharajpur?

■ Paharajpur · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.0%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****914**

**955

Working population ****40.4%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 60.9% for women. 58% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 324 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 530 (33%) · **■** Household industry 47 (3%) · **■** Other work 363 (23%) · **■** Marginal 342 (21%)

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

- Keotal4,655 people
- Bangar4,512 people
- Barot4,394 people
- Gulandar4,105 people
- Jayahat3,957 people
- Chhilimpur3,941 people
- Palaibari3,752 people
- Bariol3,497 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paharajpur?3,980 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paharajpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paharajpur?71.0% (Census 2011)