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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kasipur

Kasipur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **277 people in 70 households**, the 236th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 277people (2011)
- 70households
- 74.7%literacy
- 1,022females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kasipur

Of every 100 households in Kasipur in 2011, 2 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kasipur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**65%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****12%**

**41%

Television ****0%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kasipur?

■ Kasipur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1022**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****895**

**965

Working population ****53.4%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 65.9% for women. 60% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 53 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (34%) · **■** Other work 21 (14%) · **■** Marginal 23 (16%)

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

- Chak Sridhar282 people
- Kodla282 people
- Kismat Jasahar280 people
- Chandipur277 people
- Barakhail273 people
- Dakshin Nagar267 people
- Bikuch264 people
- Chiknaikuri258 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kasipur?277 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kasipur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kasipur?74.7% (Census 2011)