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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Katrail

Katrail is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,118 people in 254 households**, the 67th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,118people (2011)
- 254households
- 41.1%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Katrail

Of every 100 households in Katrail in 2011, 4 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Katrail · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****13%**

**26%

Television ****2%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****76%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Katrail?

■ Katrail · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.1%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****879**

**954

Working population ****55.5%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 44.6% for men and 37.6% for women. 62% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 75 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 16 (3%) · **■** Marginal 517 (83%)

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

- Abhirampur1,161 people
- Jamalpur1,157 people
- Kishtapur1,153 people
- Chandrail1,145 people
- Gopinathpur1,090 people
- Kakna1,089 people
- Purba Nimpur1,077 people
- Madnahar1,066 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Katrail?1,118 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Katrail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Katrail?41.1% (Census 2011)