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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Rasulpur

Rasulpur is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **666 people in 151 households**, the 77th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 666people (2011)
- 151households
- 58.6%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rasulpur

Of every 100 households in Rasulpur in 2011, 70 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rasulpur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****12%**

**32%

Television ****9%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Rasulpur?

■ Rasulpur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.6%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****854**

**972

Working population ****52.9%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.4% for men and 46.9% for women. 56% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 71 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 232 (66%) · **■** Other work 10 (3%) · **■** Marginal 39 (11%)

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

- Angaran696 people
- Balipukur694 people
- Banipara692 people
- Panthanpara680 people
- Baraharipur661 people
- Kanur652 people
- Dhumpara622 people
- Ilaspur605 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rasulpur?666 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rasulpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rasulpur?58.6% (Census 2011)