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

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Patirajpur

Patirajpur is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,458 people in 312 households**, the 70th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,458people (2011)
- 312households
- 61.5%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Patirajpur

Of every 100 households in Patirajpur in 2011, 42 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Patirajpur · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**82%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**96%

Use banking services ****47%**

**16%

Television ****34%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Patirajpur?

■ Patirajpur · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.5%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1126**

**955

Working population ****41.6%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.6% for men and 55.3% for women. 59% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 62 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 189 (31%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 207 (34%) · **■** Marginal 135 (22%)

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

- Digna1,558 people
- Belua1,516 people
- Shishai1,512 people
- Gopinathpur1,483 people
- Kamalpur1,437 people
- Banbol1,435 people
- Nalbhiti Madhabpur1,404 people
- Chandol1,383 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Patirajpur?1,458 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Patirajpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Patirajpur?61.5% (Census 2011)