# Antashimul Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Antashimul

Antashimul is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,370 people in 332 households**, the 49th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,370people (2011)
- 332households
- 68.4%literacy
- 1,048females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Antashimul

Of every 100 households in Antashimul in 2011, 11 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Antashimul · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****20%**

**26%

Television ****8%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Antashimul?

■ Antashimul · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1048**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****915**

**954

Working population ****51.7%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.1% for men and 62.1% for women. 60% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 119 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (9%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 24 (3%) · **■** Marginal 500 (71%)

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 Tapan

- Atila1,425 people
- Balapur1,425 people
- Khirtta1,387 people
- Rampara Chenchra1,379 people
- Hasnagar1,345 people
- Degaon1,337 people
- Sutail1,335 people
- Manahali1,333 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Antashimul?1,370 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Antashimul in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Antashimul?68.4% (Census 2011)