# Shishrail, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Shishrail

Shishrail is a village in [Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/) sub-district of [Dakshin Dinajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **435 people in 110 households**, the 186th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 435people (2011)
- 110households
- 53.2%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shishrail

Of every 100 households in Shishrail in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shishrail · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**75%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****4%**

**26%

Television ****0%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**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 Shishrail?

■ Shishrail · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.2%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1105**

**954

Working population ****58.9%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.7% for men and 46.0% for women. 56% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 122 (48%) · **■** Other work 8 (3%) · **■** Marginal 126 (49%)

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

- Rampara450 people
- Uttar Kasrail450 people
- Saralbati449 people
- Nihinagar437 people
- Berali434 people
- Shalgaon433 people
- Enayetpur432 people
- Walipara430 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shishrail?435 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shishrail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shishrail?53.2% (Census 2011)