# Atash Village, Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Atash

Atash is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,130 people in 257 households**, the 68th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 1,130people (2011)
- 257households
- 79.4%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Atash

Of every 100 households in Atash in 2011, 47 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Atash · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**70%

Tap water ****2%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****24%**

**27%

Television ****24%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**37%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Atash?

■ Atash · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.4%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****838**

**936

Working population ****31.4%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 73.5% for women. 55% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 236 (66%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (17%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 44 (12%) · **■** Marginal 12 (3%)

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 Gangarampur

- Chalunda1,187 people
- Ramdebpur1,174 people
- Shibpur1,151 people
- Anantapur1,134 people
- Patul1,119 people
- Kashimpur1,107 people
- Banihari1,104 people
- Hariharpur1,093 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Atash?1,130 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Atash in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Atash?79.4% (Census 2011)