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

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kasba

Kasba is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,009 people in 235 households**, the 76th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 1,009people (2011)
- 235households
- 69.4%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kasba

Of every 100 households in Kasba in 2011, 26 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kasba · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****65%**

**95%

Use banking services ****33%**

**27%

Television ****13%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**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 Kasba?

■ Kasba · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1020**

**936

Working population ****38.5%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 62.0% for women. 56% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 97 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 140 (36%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 42 (11%) · **■** Marginal 106 (27%)

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

- Hariharpur1,093 people
- Mahipur1,089 people
- Raypur1,064 people
- Palsa1,055 people
- Bholanathpur999 people
- Nagan998 people
- Takipur998 people
- Dafarpur997 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kasba?1,009 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kasba in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kasba?69.4% (Census 2011)