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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kasba

Kasba is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,065 people in 525 households**, the 24th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 2,065people (2011)
- 525households
- 84.9%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kasba

Of every 100 households in Kasba in 2011, 70 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 23 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kasba · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****27%**

**75%

Tap water ****51%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****23%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****60%**

**94%

Use banking services ****21%**

**26%

Television ****51%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**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 Kasba?

■ Kasba · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.9%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****708**

**954

Working population ****29.3%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.3% for men and 81.2% for women. 48% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 35 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (13%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 354 (58%) · **■** Marginal 128 (21%)

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

- Harsura2,241 people
- Patkola2,186 people
- Salsama2,125 people
- Kasba Batair2,067 people
- Azmatpur1,920 people
- Garail1,904 people
- Katabari1,860 people
- Khalsi1,842 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kasba?2,065 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kasba in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kasba?84.9% (Census 2011)