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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Rasidpur

Rasidpur is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,079 people in 266 households**, the 46th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,079people (2011)
- 266households
- 78.9%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rasidpur

Of every 100 households in Rasidpur in 2011, 76 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 34 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Rasidpur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**58%

Tap water ****9%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****34%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**89%

Use banking services ****48%**

**32%

Television ****63%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**29%

Own their home ****87%**

**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 Rasidpur?

■ Rasidpur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.9%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****689**

**972

Working population ****35.8%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 74.0% for women. 57% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 27 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (17%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 230 (60%) · **■** Marginal 56 (15%)

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

- Kakhar1,184 people
- Kalyani1,183 people
- Baharail1,172 people
- Rupahata1,152 people
- Dhiltail1,005 people
- Kusumba1,001 people
- Sihal1,001 people
- Barahara987 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rasidpur?1,079 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rasidpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rasidpur?78.9% (Census 2011)