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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bilbarail

Bilbarail is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,665 people in 412 households**, the 21st largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,665people (2011)
- 412households
- 70.9%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bilbarail

Of every 100 households in Bilbarail in 2011, 52 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bilbarail · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**58%

Tap water ****4%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****47%**

**32%

Television ****26%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**29%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Bilbarail?

■ Bilbarail · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****821**

**972

Working population ****37.3%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.2% for men and 61.2% for women. 57% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 327 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 75 (12%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 111 (18%) · **■** Marginal 106 (17%)

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

- Gauripara1,733 people
- Dilkhanthi1,729 people
- Mahammadpur1,724 people
- Daulatpur1,687 people
- Dasul1,641 people
- Malam1,637 people
- Shyampur1,606 people
- Sarai1,586 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bilbarail?1,665 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bilbarail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bilbarail?70.9% (Census 2011)