# Batun Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Batun

Batun is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,255 people in 834 households**, the 3rd largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 3,255people (2011)
- 834households
- 81.8%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Batun

Of every 100 households in Batun in 2011, 47 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Batun · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****36%**

**25%

Television ****34%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**33%

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 Batun?

■ Batun · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.8%**

**74.6%

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

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****792**

**951

Working population ****54.7%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.3% for men and 75.7% for women. 63% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 512 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 419 (24%) · **■** Household industry 183 (10%) · **■** Other work 279 (16%) · **■** Marginal 387 (22%)

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 Kumarganj

- Kumarganj3,920 people
- Dior3,504 people
- Safa Nagar3,242 people
- Elendari3,045 people
- Jakhirpur3,004 people
- Mamudpur2,912 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Batun?3,255 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Batun in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Batun?81.8% (Census 2011)