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

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/tursail/

Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Tursail

Tursail is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **406 people in 96 households**, the 190th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 406people (2011)
- 96households
- 73.2%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tursail

Of every 100 households in Tursail in 2011, 79 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tursail · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****44%**

**41%

Television ****44%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**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 Tursail?

■ Tursail · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.2%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1250**

**965

Working population ****29.3%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 68.3% for women. 47% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 86 (72%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (2%) · **■** Household industry 6 (5%) · **■** Other work 6 (5%) · **■** Marginal 19 (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

- Paschim Chakismail428 people
- Begunbari420 people
- Bhulkipur420 people
- Uttar Chakbhabani420 people
- Bhabanipur402 people
- Chaurapara393 people
- Dakshin Chakalam393 people
- Piakhan387 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tursail?406 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tursail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tursail?73.2% (Census 2011)