# Gaisal Village, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Gaisal

Gaisal is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,954 people in 1,202 households**, the 14th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 5,954people (2011)
- 1,202households
- 54.2%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaisal

Of every 100 households in Gaisal in 2011, 28 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gaisal · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**62%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**95%

Use banking services ****16%**

**20%

Television ****12%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**40%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Gaisal?

■ Gaisal · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.2%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****890**

**967

Working population ****32.9%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.5% for men and 46.6% for women. 50% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 478 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 568 (29%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 427 (22%) · **■** Marginal 473 (24%)

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 Islampur

- Chaprajhar7,773 people
- Paschim Pachhurasia7,318 people
- Jagatagaon6,671 people
- Birnakundi6,114 people
- Agdimti5,168 people
- Khabargaon5,148 people
- Phulbari5,134 people
- Aliganj4,940 people

[All 101 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaisal?5,954 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaisal in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gaisal?54.2% (Census 2011)