# Bataskuri Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bataskuri

Bataskuri is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **715 people in 171 households**, the 69th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 715people (2011)
- 171households
- 77.5%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bataskuri

Of every 100 households in Bataskuri in 2011, 49 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bataskuri · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**89%

Use banking services ****46%**

**32%

Television ****27%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****53%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Bataskuri?

■ Bataskuri · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.5%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****739**

**972

Working population ****40.4%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 73.3% for women. 60% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 76 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 80 (28%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 64 (22%) · **■** Marginal 68 (24%)

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 Bansihari

- Uttar Amarpur753 people
- Paschim Chandipur752 people
- Daudpur732 people
- Rangapukur726 people
- Dhutura709 people
- Krishnapur709 people
- Bikaldanga708 people
- Angaran696 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bataskuri?715 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bataskuri in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bataskuri?77.5% (Census 2011)