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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Ghasipur

Ghasipur is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **761 people in 181 households**, the 64th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 761people (2011)
- 181households
- 66.7%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghasipur

Of every 100 households in Ghasipur in 2011, 50 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ghasipur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****23%**

**32%

Television ****24%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**29%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Ghasipur?

■ Ghasipur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.7%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1452**

**972

Working population ****42.4%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.4% for men and 54.0% for women. 59% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 107 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 134 (41%) · **■** Household industry 10 (3%) · **■** Other work 64 (20%) · **■** Marginal 8 (2%)

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

- Mungarail835 people
- Gobindapur830 people
- Dakshin Gopalpur820 people
- Deogaon761 people
- Uttar Amarpur753 people
- Paschim Chandipur752 people
- Daudpur732 people
- Rangapukur726 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghasipur?761 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghasipur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghasipur?66.7% (Census 2011)