# Kakair, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kakair

Kakair 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 **639 people in 160 households**, the 117th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 639people (2011)
- 160households
- 63.7%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kakair

Of every 100 households in Kakair in 2011, 0 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kakair · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****10%**

**18%

Television ****1%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**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 Kakair?

■ Kakair · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.7%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**955

Working population ****44.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.4% for men and 47.9% for women. 59% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 168 (60%) · **■** Farm labourers 86 (31%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 21 (7%) · **■** Marginal 5 (2%)

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

- Choragachhi691 people
- Kalikamora681 people
- Shiala641 people
- Hansrail640 people
- Shrirampur639 people
- Padamkuri637 people
- Chandpur630 people
- Narayanpur628 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kakair?639 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kakair in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kakair?63.7% (Census 2011)