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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Thingur

Thingur is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,796 people in 412 households**, the 15th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,796people (2011)
- 412households
- 58.8%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Thingur

Of every 100 households in Thingur in 2011, 43 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Thingur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**58%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**89%

Use banking services ****46%**

**32%

Television ****27%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**2%

None of these assets ****29%**

**29%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Thingur?

■ Thingur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.8%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****896**

**972

Working population ****32.0%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.6% for men and 51.7% for women. 58% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 280 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (15%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 190 (33%) · **■** Marginal 8 (1%)

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

- Kail2,244 people
- Panjarpara2,233 people
- Badalpur1,892 people
- Amai1,869 people
- Jaharpur1,767 people
- Gauripara1,733 people
- Dilkhanthi1,729 people
- Mahammadpur1,724 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Thingur?1,796 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Thingur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Thingur?58.8% (Census 2011)