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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Mastail

Mastail is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **489 people in 105 households**, the 146th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 489people (2011)
- 105households
- 53.4%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mastail

Of every 100 households in Mastail in 2011, 0 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mastail · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****0%**

**18%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**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 Mastail?

■ Mastail · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.4%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****731**

**955

Working population ****71.4%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.6% for men and 42.3% for women. 69% of men and 74% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 52 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 157 (45%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 137 (39%)

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

- Bhaktipur516 people
- Durllabhpur516 people
- Panchanagar499 people
- Maulai492 people
- Madhabpur Baragachhi481 people
- Badbighor478 people
- Poradanga473 people
- Faraspur457 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mastail?489 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mastail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mastail?53.4% (Census 2011)