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

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chausha

Chausha is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **432 people in 101 households**, the 132nd largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 432people (2011)
- 101households
- 68.7%literacy
- 846females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chausha

Of every 100 households in Chausha in 2011, 1 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chausha · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**70%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**33%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****1%**

**25%

Television ****2%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****68%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chausha?

■ Chausha · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.7%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****846**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****731**

**951

Working population ****33.8%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 62.0% for women. 52% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 7 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 135 (92%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 1 (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 Kumarganj

- Nahara440 people
- Chak Mamudi437 people
- Debipur437 people
- Sundartala433 people
- Telain424 people
- Radhakrishnpur423 people
- Saiyadpur420 people
- Majhian419 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chausha?432 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chausha in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chausha?68.7% (Census 2011)