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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Deul

Deul is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,781 people in 395 households**, the 21st largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,781people (2011)
- 395households
- 62.6%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Deul

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

■ Deul · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****14%**

**18%

Television ****1%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**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 Deul?

■ Deul · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.6%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****897**

**955

Working population ****30.5%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.5% for men and 51.5% for women. 53% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 329 (61%) · **■** Farm labourers 167 (31%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 12 (2%) · **■** Marginal 34 (6%)

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

- Manikor1,886 people
- Ekdala Bahirhata1,878 people
- Anantapur1,832 people
- Shikrishnapur1,786 people
- Banihari1,770 people
- Balapukur1,736 people
- Mahipaldighi1,713 people
- Makail1,688 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Deul?1,781 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Deul in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Deul?62.6% (Census 2011)