# Basail Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Basail

Basail is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **978 people in 217 households**, the 70th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 978people (2011)
- 217households
- 79.8%literacy
- 1,063females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basail

Of every 100 households in Basail in 2011, 19 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 14 a car.

■ Basail · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****11%**

**18%

Television ****10%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****14%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Basail?

■ Basail · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.8%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1063**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****967**

**955

Working population ****27.5%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 78.4% for women. 51% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 107 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (28%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 33 (12%) · **■** Marginal 49 (18%)

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 Kushmundi

- Hariharpur1,029 people
- Dehata1,005 people
- Bagdoli994 people
- Abuhar984 people
- Alampur948 people
- Kunabari941 people
- Salekkuri939 people
- Deokhanda934 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basail?978 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basail?79.8% (Census 2011)