# Alikasha Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Alikasha

Alikasha is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **873 people in 205 households**, the 76th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 873people (2011)
- 205households
- 86.6%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Alikasha

Of every 100 households in Alikasha in 2011, 25 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Alikasha · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**39%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****87%**

**62%

Television ****10%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Alikasha?

■ Alikasha · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.6%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****744**

**963

Working population ****34.1%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.2% for men and 82.1% for women. 51% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 107 (36%) · **■** Other work 20 (7%) · **■** Marginal 171 (57%)

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 Dantan - I

- Rautarapur893 people
- Malpara879 people
- Jhinuk Palasia878 people
- Talda876 people
- Gan Pada870 people
- Punja870 people
- Birbhadrapur860 people
- Matiberua853 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Alikasha?873 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alikasha in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Alikasha?86.6% (Census 2011)