# Alampur Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Alampur

Alampur is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,481 people in 313 households**, the 92nd largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,481people (2011)
- 313households
- 53.9%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Alampur

Of every 100 households in Alampur in 2011, 7 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Alampur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****78%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****32%**

**19%

Television ****3%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Alampur?

■ Alampur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.9%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****822**

**943

Working population ****38.9%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.4% for men and 41.8% for women. 51% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 99 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 138 (24%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 42 (7%) · **■** Marginal 296 (51%)

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 Karandighi

- Damdama1,552 people
- Khatrabari1,543 people
- Balchiar1,536 people
- Shikarpur1,499 people
- Dhanpara1,445 people
- Borra1,433 people
- Minapur1,433 people
- Abdulpur1,386 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Alampur?1,481 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alampur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Alampur?53.9% (Census 2011)