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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bateshwar

Bateshwar is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,200 people in 270 households**, the 53rd largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,200people (2011)
- 270households
- 81.0%literacy
- 902females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bateshwar

Of every 100 households in Bateshwar in 2011, 16 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Bateshwar · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****12%**

**18%

Television ****10%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**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 Bateshwar?

■ Bateshwar · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.0%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****798**

**955

Working population ****43.1%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 80.1% for women. 54% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 271 (52%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (8%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 32 (6%) · **■** Marginal 172 (33%)

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

- Dhakdhol1,219 people
- Mangalpur1,218 people
- Kachara1,214 people
- Baragachhi1,200 people
- Aminpur1,199 people
- Kandaha1,194 people
- Nabhor1,187 people
- Durgapur1,185 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bateshwar?1,200 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bateshwar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bateshwar?81.0% (Census 2011)