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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Darappur
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| settlement_type = Census Town
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23.0709|N|88.6508|E|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Nadia district|Nadia]]
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| area_total_km2 = 2.56
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| population_total = 8,275
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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'''Darappur''' is a [[census town]] in the [[Chakdaha (community development block)|Chakdaha]] [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] in the [[Kalyani subdivision]] of the [[Nadia district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm
|title=District Wise List of Statutory Towns
|access-date=2007-10-06
|work=Census of India 2001, Urban Frame
|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927041827/http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm
|archive-date=2007-09-27
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>

==Geography==

===Location===
Darappur is located at {{coord|23.0709|N|88.6508|E|display=inline}}.

Nadia district is mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of [[Hooghly River]], locally known as Bhagirathi. The alluvial plains are cut across by such distributaries as Jalangi, Churni and Ichhamati. With these rivers getting silted up, floods are a recurring feature.<ref>Gangopadhyay, Basudev, ''Paschimbanga Parichay'', 2001, {{in lang|bn}}, p. 70, Sishu Sahitya Sansad</ref>≠

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Darappur had a total population of 8,275, of which 4,307 (52%) were males and 3,968 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 755. The total number of literate persons in Darappur was 5,766 (76.68% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census3-2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 18 May 2017 }}</ref>

{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Darappur had a population of 7732. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Darappur has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 66% and, female literacy is 49%. In Darappur, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Infrastructure==
According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia'', Darappur covered an area of 2.56 km<sup>2</sup>. Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved overhead tank, tubewell/ borewell, hand pump. It had 743 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had 5 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 1 primary school, 3 middle schools, 1 senior secondary school .<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1910_PART_A_DCHB_NADIA.pdf | title = District Census Handbook Nadia, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Section II Town Directory, Pages 635-656; Statement I: Status and Growth History, Page 635; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Page 641; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Page 643; Statement IV: Medical Facilities, Page 646; Statement V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, Page 655; Statement VI:Industry and Banking ,Page 2833 | publisher = Directorate of census Operations V, West Bengal |access-date = 30 September 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Nadia District}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Nadia district]]

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