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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Sehas

Sehas is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **231 people in 51 households**, the 240th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 231people (2011)
- 51households
- 58.7%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sehas

Of every 100 households in Sehas in 2011, 6 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sehas · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**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 ****28%**

**26%

Television ****6%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**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 Sehas?

■ Sehas · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.7%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1300**

**954

Working population ****28.1%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.2% for men and 47.5% for women. 46% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 58 (89%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (5%) · **■** Other work 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

- Jabrahar249 people
- Jadupur249 people
- Kesurkuri239 people
- Jaydharhati234 people
- Khorda Malsa230 people
- Bataskhanda228 people
- Chanchai226 people
- Nimtair224 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sehas?231 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sehas in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sehas?58.7% (Census 2011)