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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bataskhanda

Bataskhanda is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **228 people in 47 households**, the 242nd largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 228people (2011)
- 47households
- 75.6%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bataskhanda

Of every 100 households in Bataskhanda in 2011, 70 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 11 a car.

■ Bataskhanda · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****8%**

**26%

Television ****32%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****11%**

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**33%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Bataskhanda?

■ Bataskhanda · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1091**

**954

Working population ****52.6%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 69.1% for women. 69% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 33 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (14%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 69 (58%)

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

- Kesurkuri239 people
- Jaydharhati234 people
- Sehas231 people
- Khorda Malsa230 people
- Chanchai226 people
- Nimtair224 people
- Doara222 people
- Alinagar200 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bataskhanda?228 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bataskhanda in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bataskhanda?75.6% (Census 2011)