Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Katasan

Katasan is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,604 people in 378 households, the 28th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.
- 1,604 people (2011)
- 378 households
- 61.9% literacy
- 1,000 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Katasan

Of every 100 households in Katasan in 2011, 20 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Katasan · ■ Kushmundi rural average
- Electricity for lighting 20% 27%
- Toilet within the home 22% 17%
- No toilet (open defecation) 69% 81%
- Tap water 1% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 28% 29%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 3% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 97% 93%
- Use banking services 27% 18%
- Television 16% 12%
- Mobile phone 36% 28%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 34% 24%
- Own their home 95% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Katasan?

■ Katasan · ■ Kushmundi rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 61.9% 65.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1000 981
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1087 955
- Working population 36.0% 38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.0% for men and 56.7% for women. 57% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 181 (31%) · ■ Farm labourers 168 (29%) · ■ Household industry 29 (5%) · ■ Other work 46 (8%) · ■ Marginal 153 (27%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Kushmundi
- Mahipaldighi 1,713 people
- Makail 1,688 people
- Saraihat Bajedonor 1,684 people
- Khantapara 1,682 people
- Uttarpara 1,594 people
- Putahari 1,563 people
- Minapara 1,535 people
- Isnail 1,531 people

All 231 villages in Kushmundi

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Katasan? 1,604 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Katasan in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Katasan? 61.9% (Census 2011)

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