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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kail

Kail is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,244 people in 519 households**, the 11th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 2,244people (2011)
- 519households
- 64.3%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kail

Of every 100 households in Kail in 2011, 52 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kail · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**58%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****19%**

**32%

Television ****24%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**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 Kail?

■ Kail · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**972

Working population ****47.1%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.4% for men and 54.6% for women. 63% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 130 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 174 (16%) · **■** Household industry 136 (13%) · **■** Other work 179 (17%) · **■** Marginal 438 (41%)

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

- Baragram2,556 people
- Barail2,506 people
- Aligara2,417 people
- Jamar2,341 people
- Panjarpara2,233 people
- Badalpur1,892 people
- Amai1,869 people
- Thingur1,796 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kail?2,244 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kail?64.3% (Census 2011)