# Dasarai Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dasarai

Dasarai is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **258 people in 61 households**, the 241st largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 258people (2011)
- 61households
- 59.8%literacy
- 1,016females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dasarai

Of every 100 households in Dasarai in 2011, 28 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dasarai · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**38%

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

**33%

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

**65%

Tap water ****100%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****23%**

**41%

Television ****5%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****53%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Dasarai?

■ Dasarai · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.8%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1016**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****727**

**965

Working population ****26.4%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.5% for men and 52.5% for women. 47% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 10 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (82%) · **■** Marginal 2 (3%)

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 Balurghat

- Barakhail273 people
- Dakshin Nagar267 people
- Bikuch264 people
- Chiknaikuri258 people
- Majhina254 people
- Jiapur251 people
- Gazipur246 people
- Satihar246 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dasarai?258 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dasarai in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dasarai?59.8% (Census 2011)