# Batasan Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Batasan

Batasan is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **480 people in 105 households**, the 148th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 480people (2011)
- 105households
- 52.9%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Batasan

Of every 100 households in Batasan in 2011, 10 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Batasan · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****90%**

**34%

Television ****5%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**20%

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 Batasan?

■ Batasan · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.9%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****684**

**969

Working population ****55.4%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.4% for men and 42.7% for women. 58% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 47 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 92 (35%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 15 (6%) · **■** Marginal 109 (41%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Shoasi518 people
- Chandgaon517 people
- Jinua510 people
- Raghabpur484 people
- Ramganj480 people
- Dhondarpail466 people
- Balaramppur460 people
- Dhanaitor449 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Batasan?480 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Batasan in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Batasan?52.9% (Census 2011)