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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Elankuri

Elankuri is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **391 people in 95 households**, the 111th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 391people (2011)
- 95households
- 67.3%literacy
- 810females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Elankuri

Of every 100 households in Elankuri in 2011, 42 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Elankuri · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**58%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****17%**

**32%

Television ****15%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****48%**

**29%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Elankuri?

■ Elankuri · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.3%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****810**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****633**

**972

Working population ****36.3%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.7% for men and 66.7% for women. 56% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 64 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (29%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 7 (5%) · **■** Marginal 29 (20%)

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

- Jaydebpur419 people
- Chhota Karai417 people
- Vstair398 people
- Dumnipara393 people
- Ojantor391 people
- Ranabindul390 people
- Chhota Faizullapur388 people
- Jagannathpur386 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Elankuri?391 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Elankuri in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Elankuri?67.3% (Census 2011)