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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kasba

Kasba is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,710 people in 822 households**, the 4th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 3,710people (2011)
- 822households
- 76.8%literacy
- 1,008females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kasba

Of every 100 households in Kasba in 2011, 52 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kasba · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**81%

Tap water ****4%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**93%

Use banking services ****44%**

**18%

Television ****20%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**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 Kasba?

■ Kasba · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.8%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1008**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****980**

**955

Working population ****27.7%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 73.7% for women. 50% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 418 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 166 (16%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 309 (30%) · **■** Marginal 132 (13%)

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

- Nahit4,630 people
- Kushmundi3,948 people
- Karangi3,772 people
- Ukhalia3,432 people
- Sarala2,848 people
- Chandipur2,627 people
- Berail2,459 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kasba?3,710 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kasba in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kasba?76.8% (Census 2011)