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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Rasulpur

Rasulpur is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,230 people in 315 households**, the 45th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,230people (2011)
- 315households
- 87.7%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rasulpur

Of every 100 households in Rasulpur in 2011, 10 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rasulpur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****30%**

**93%

Use banking services ****9%**

**18%

Television ****4%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****69%**

**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 Rasulpur?

■ Rasulpur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.7%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**955

Working population ****31.6%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.2% for men and 82.1% for women. 54% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 232 (60%) · **■** Farm labourers 74 (19%) · **■** Other work 19 (5%) · **■** Marginal 64 (16%)

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

- Ramchandrapur1,313 people
- Krishnapur1,300 people
- Purbba Basail1,260 people
- Chakdhapara1,243 people
- Adyakhanda1,228 people
- Shabdalpur1,227 people
- Sekendarpur1,223 people
- Dhakdhol1,219 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rasulpur?1,230 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rasulpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rasulpur?87.7% (Census 2011)