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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Shisha

Shisha is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **579 people in 138 households**, the 85th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 579people (2011)
- 138households
- 46.3%literacy
- 1,068females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shisha

Of every 100 households in Shisha in 2011, 11 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shisha · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**27%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****46%**

**32%

Television ****3%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****54%**

**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 Shisha?

■ Shisha · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.3%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1068**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1303**

**972

Working population ****56.6%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.5% for men and 35.5% for women. 65% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 35 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (16%) · **■** Other work 13 (4%) · **■** Marginal 229 (70%)

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

- Ilaspur605 people
- Rahimpur596 people
- Andhar Manik590 people
- Pichhala590 people
- Gopalpur572 people
- Kamalpur569 people
- Chenra559 people
- Haldi538 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shisha?579 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shisha in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shisha?46.3% (Census 2011)