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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Osail

Osail is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,186 people in 277 households**, the 55th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,186people (2011)
- 277households
- 64.4%literacy
- 1,038females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Osail

Of every 100 households in Osail in 2011, 5 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Osail · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**65%

Tap water ****43%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****6%**

**41%

Television ****10%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****42%**

**26%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Osail?

■ Osail · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.4%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1038**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1127**

**965

Working population ****38.4%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.5% for men and 58.5% for women. 59% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 103 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 105 (23%) · **■** Other work 8 (2%) · **■** Marginal 240 (53%)

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

- Pirijpur1,207 people
- Kumargram1,196 people
- Bara1,193 people
- Lakshmipur1,190 people
- Nazirpur1,175 people
- Bidaypur1,162 people
- Badbangi1,159 people
- Paschim Kalikapur1,151 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Osail?1,186 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Osail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Osail?64.4% (Census 2011)