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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chausa

Chausa is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,432 people in 586 households**, the 9th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 2,432people (2011)
- 586households
- 59.7%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chausa

Of every 100 households in Chausa in 2011, 37 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chausa · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****7%**

**18%

Television ****17%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**24%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chausa?

■ Chausa · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.7%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****924**

**955

Working population ****42.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.4% for men and 50.7% for women. 54% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 253 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 616 (60%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 43 (4%) · **■** Marginal 102 (10%)

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

- Ukhalia3,432 people
- Sarala2,848 people
- Chandipur2,627 people
- Berail2,459 people
- Udaypur2,378 people
- Lohaganja2,367 people
- Jarail2,333 people
- Lakshmipur2,268 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chausa?2,432 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chausa in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chausa?59.7% (Census 2011)