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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dasul

Dasul is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,641 people in 368 households**, the 22nd largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,641people (2011)
- 368households
- 72.8%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dasul

Of every 100 households in Dasul in 2011, 39 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dasul · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**58%

Tap water ****38%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**89%

Use banking services ****46%**

**32%

Television ****23%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

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

**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 Dasul?

■ Dasul · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1315**

**972

Working population ****40.6%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 65.2% for women. 59% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 134 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 169 (25%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 181 (27%) · **■** Marginal 167 (25%)

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

- Dilkhanthi1,729 people
- Mahammadpur1,724 people
- Daulatpur1,687 people
- Bilbarail1,665 people
- Malam1,637 people
- Shyampur1,606 people
- Sarai1,586 people
- Deuria1,582 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dasul?1,641 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dasul in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dasul?72.8% (Census 2011)