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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kashmulai

Kashmulai is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **679 people in 178 households**, the 135th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 679people (2011)
- 178households
- 74.2%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kashmulai

Of every 100 households in Kashmulai in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kashmulai · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****66%**

**26%

Television ****3%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**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 Kashmulai?

■ Kashmulai · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.2%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1161**

**954

Working population ****34.5%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 60.8% for women. 61% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 111 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 44 (19%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 61 (26%) · **■** Marginal 17 (7%)

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

- Kauli690 people
- Manipur687 people
- Minapara686 people
- Rajballabh Chak680 people
- Sahapara678 people
- Nimgachhi669 people
- Guldanga663 people
- Jormail662 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kashmulai?679 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kashmulai in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kashmulai?74.2% (Census 2011)