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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dehabanda

Dehabanda is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,161 people in 501 households**, the 14th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 2,161people (2011)
- 501households
- 65.3%literacy
- 1,066females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dehabanda

Of every 100 households in Dehabanda in 2011, 25 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dehabanda · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****17%**

**18%

Television ****15%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**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 Dehabanda?

■ Dehabanda · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.3%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1066**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1268**

**955

Working population ****48.1%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.4% for men and 60.3% for women. 60% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 201 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 286 (28%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 131 (13%) · **■** Marginal 414 (40%)

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

- Udaypur2,378 people
- Lohaganja2,367 people
- Jarail2,333 people
- Lakshmipur2,268 people
- Panchhata2,023 people
- Betahar1,942 people
- Manikor1,886 people
- Ekdala Bahirhata1,878 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dehabanda?2,161 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dehabanda in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dehabanda?65.3% (Census 2011)