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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Tikul

Tikul is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **384 people in 81 households**, the 117th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 384people (2011)
- 81households
- 44.6%literacy
- 1,021females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tikul

Of every 100 households in Tikul in 2011, 0 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tikul · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**58%

Tap water ****100%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**27%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**89%

Use banking services ****2%**

**32%

Television ****0%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**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 Tikul?

■ Tikul · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.6%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1458**

**972

Working population ****53.6%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.2% for men and 34.6% for women. 61% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 13 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 100 (49%) · **■** Marginal 93 (45%)

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

- Ranabindul390 people
- Chhota Faizullapur388 people
- Jagannathpur386 people
- Kuarsai386 people
- Habeli381 people
- Bejebikair380 people
- Sahabaddipur377 people
- Dahuakuri366 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tikul?384 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tikul in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tikul?44.6% (Census 2011)