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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bhitarmasun

Bhitarmasun is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,282 people in 282 households**, the 36th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,282people (2011)
- 282households
- 66.9%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhitarmasun

Of every 100 households in Bhitarmasun in 2011, 18 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhitarmasun · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**58%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**27%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**89%

Use banking services ****57%**

**32%

Television ****5%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**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 Bhitarmasun?

■ Bhitarmasun · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.9%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****837**

**972

Working population ****57.1%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.5% for men and 55.8% for women. 58% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 394 (54%) · **■** Farm labourers 126 (17%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 32 (4%) · **■** Marginal 176 (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

- Bhaior1,400 people
- Ganguria1,399 people
- Serpur1,377 people
- Sahananda1,331 people
- Karkha1,256 people
- Khidirpur1,249 people
- Chandmukh1,242 people
- Patara1,200 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhitarmasun?1,282 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhitarmasun in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhitarmasun?66.9% (Census 2011)