# Bad Sankair Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bad Sankair

Bad Sankair is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,055 people in 262 households**, the 73rd largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,055people (2011)
- 262households
- 59.7%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bad Sankair

Of every 100 households in Bad Sankair in 2011, 26 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bad Sankair · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****32%**

**26%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****52%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bad Sankair?

■ Bad Sankair · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.7%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1439**

**954

Working population ****43.6%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.3% for men and 51.5% for women. 58% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 100 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 162 (35%) · **■** Household industry 12 (3%) · **■** Other work 56 (12%) · **■** Marginal 130 (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 Tapan

- Kakna1,089 people
- Purba Nimpur1,077 people
- Madnahar1,066 people
- Santirhati1,062 people
- Bandihar1,051 people
- Uttar Mahadebpur1,051 people
- Bhadrail1,049 people
- Rajeswarpur1,003 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bad Sankair?1,055 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bad Sankair in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bad Sankair?59.7% (Census 2011)