Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur
# Kismat Altapur

Kismat Altapur is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,320 people in 275 households, the 102nd largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.
- 1,320 people (2011)
- 275 households
- 59.7% literacy
- 973 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kismat Altapur

Of every 100 households in Kismat Altapur in 2011, 11 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kismat Altapur · ■ Karandighi rural average
- Electricity for lighting 11% 26%
- Toilet within the home 35% 21%
- No toilet (open defecation) 65% 78%
- Tap water 0% 6%
- Drinking water within premises 49% 60%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 3% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 28% 96%
- Use banking services 2% 19%
- Television 6% 11%
- Mobile phone 24% 28%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 40% 28%
- Own their home 98% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kismat Altapur?

■ Kismat Altapur · ■ Karandighi rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 59.7% 53.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 973 953
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 873 943
- Working population 44.6% 40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.2% for men and 54.2% for women. 52% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 97 (16%) · ■ Farm labourers 193 (33%) · ■ Household industry 35 (6%) · ■ Other work 133 (23%) · ■ Marginal 131 (22%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Karandighi
- Paschim Pipla 1,380 people
- Begma 1,352 people
- Bhaksala 1,352 people
- Kachna 1,321 people
- Khudar Gachhi 1,318 people
- Mehandabari 1,307 people
- Dalmadh 1,302 people
- Kantirpa 1,301 people

All 203 villages in Karandighi

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kismat Altapur? 1,320 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kismat Altapur in? Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kismat Altapur? 59.7% (Census 2011)

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