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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kasitara

Kasitara is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **183 people in 43 households**, the 249th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 183people (2011)
- 43households
- 79.8%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kasitara

Of every 100 households in Kasitara in 2011, 88 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kasitara · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**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 ****61%**

**26%

Television ****49%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**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 Kasitara?

■ Kasitara · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.8%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****429**

**954

Working population ****35.0%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 78.0% for women. 62% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 54 (84%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (5%) · **■** Other work 3 (5%) · **■** Marginal 4 (6%)

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

- Doara222 people
- Alinagar200 people
- Bad Basudebpur190 people
- Chechrakuri184 people
- Chenchoir182 people
- Kharika Dangi175 people
- Faradpur172 people
- Madhabpur170 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kasitara?183 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kasitara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kasitara?79.8% (Census 2011)