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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Taksail

Taksail is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **310 people in 75 households**, the 218th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 310people (2011)
- 75households
- 72.0%literacy
- 1,026females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Taksail

Of every 100 households in Taksail in 2011, 64 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Taksail · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****53%**

**90%

Use banking services ****16%**

**41%

Television ****37%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Taksail?

■ Taksail · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1026**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1625**

**965

Working population ****63.9%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 62.5% for women. 73% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 33 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 145 (73%) · **■** Other work 15 (8%) · **■** Marginal 5 (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

- Chakismail329 people
- Gorahar329 people
- Bangi325 people
- Sialdanga314 people
- Chakpara309 people
- Harirampur306 people
- Dharail301 people
- Sanihara301 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Taksail?310 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Taksail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Taksail?72.0% (Census 2011)