# Giashil Village, Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/hemtabad/giashil/

Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Giashil

Giashil is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,282 people in 283 households**, the 41st largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 1,282people (2011)
- 283households
- 65.9%literacy
- 877females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Giashil

Of every 100 households in Giashil in 2011, 34 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Giashil · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**78%

Tap water ****16%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**67%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****14%**

**16%

Television ****15%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**27%

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 Giashil?

■ Giashil · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.9%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****877**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****758**

**955

Working population ****38.8%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.1% for men and 59.0% for women. 52% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 132 (27%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 84 (17%) · **■** Marginal 199 (40%)

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 Hemtabad

- Anantakota1,354 people
- Ghagra1,324 people
- Tilan1,323 people
- Raghugaon1,298 people
- Baharail1,243 people
- Atkara1,218 people
- Asmanhat1,208 people
- Balufara1,177 people

[All 116 villages in Hemtabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/hemtabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Giashil?1,282 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Giashil in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Giashil?65.9% (Census 2011)