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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Makail

Makail is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,688 people in 375 households**, the 25th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,688people (2011)
- 375households
- 53.9%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Makail

Of every 100 households in Makail in 2011, 0 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Makail · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**29%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**93%

Use banking services ****11%**

**18%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**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 Makail?

■ Makail · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.9%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****963**

**955

Working population ****57.2%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.8% for men and 45.5% for women. 62% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 268 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 101 (10%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 37 (4%) · **■** Marginal 556 (58%)

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

- Deul1,781 people
- Banihari1,770 people
- Balapukur1,736 people
- Mahipaldighi1,713 people
- Saraihat Bajedonor1,684 people
- Khantapara1,682 people
- Katasan1,604 people
- Uttarpara1,594 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Makail?1,688 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Makail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Makail?53.9% (Census 2011)