# Dakshin Kasila Village, Murarai - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - I, Birbhum 

# Dakshin Kasila

Dakshin Kasila is a village in Murarai - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,036 people in 249 households**, the 50th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 1,036people (2011)
- 249households
- 64.1%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Kasila

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Kasila in 2011, 10 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Kasila · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**84%

Tap water ****2%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****59%**

**20%

Television ****12%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**46%

Own their home ****93%**

**96%

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 Dakshin Kasila?

■ Dakshin Kasila · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.1%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**983

Working population ****26.4%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.6% for men and 59.4% for women. 49% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 26 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 101 (37%) · **■** Other work 23 (8%) · **■** Marginal 124 (45%)

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 Murarai - I

- Kapilsahar1,114 people
- Sitachar1,108 people
- Sanfua1,102 people
- Bandhaipur1,059 people
- Kestara998 people
- Fatepur997 people
- Chanchali898 people
- Birahimpur889 people

[All 80 villages in Murarai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Kasila?1,036 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Kasila in?Birbhum district (Murarai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Kasila?64.1% (Census 2011)