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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Rahatail

Rahatail is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **550 people in 138 households**, the 146th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 550people (2011)
- 138households
- 50.1%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rahatail

Of every 100 households in Rahatail in 2011, 14 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Rahatail · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**90%

Use banking services ****6%**

**41%

Television ****16%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**26%

Own their home ****89%**

**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 Rahatail?

■ Rahatail · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.1%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**965

Working population ****48.2%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.2% for men and 42.6% for women. 58% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 34 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 213 (80%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 11 (4%)

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

- Talmandira555 people
- Sonkair554 people
- Majatpur553 people
- Baidyapur551 people
- Ramprosad542 people
- Satakhanda540 people
- Baidul538 people
- Krisnapur536 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rahatail?550 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rahatail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rahatail?50.1% (Census 2011)