# Hansrail, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Hansrail

Hansrail is a village in [Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/) sub-district of [Dakshin Dinajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **640 people in 144 households**, the 116th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 640people (2011)
- 144households
- 60.4%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hansrail

Of every 100 households in Hansrail in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hansrail · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****25%**

**18%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**24%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Hansrail?

■ Hansrail · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.4%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****523**

**955

Working population ****31.2%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.6% for men and 50.7% for women. 48% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 135 (68%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 7 (4%) · **■** Marginal 56 (28%)

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

- Serpur692 people
- Choragachhi691 people
- Kalikamora681 people
- Shiala641 people
- Kakair639 people
- Shrirampur639 people
- Padamkuri637 people
- Chandpur630 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hansrail?640 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hansrail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hansrail?60.4% (Census 2011)