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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Shiala

Shiala is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **641 people in 127 households**, the 115th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 641people (2011)
- 127households
- 65.5%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shiala

Of every 100 households in Shiala in 2011, 51 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shiala · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**27%

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

**17%

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

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**29%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****1%**

**93%

Use banking services ****11%**

**18%

Television ****12%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**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 Shiala?

■ Shiala · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.5%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****744**

**955

Working population ****36.5%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.4% for men and 50.4% for women. 58% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 152 (65%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 11 (5%) · **■** Marginal 66 (28%)

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

- Baraidanga704 people
- Serpur692 people
- Choragachhi691 people
- Kalikamora681 people
- Hansrail640 people
- Kakair639 people
- Shrirampur639 people
- Padamkuri637 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shiala?641 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shiala in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shiala?65.5% (Census 2011)