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

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dasai

Dasai is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,480 people in 314 households**, the 48th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,480people (2011)
- 314households
- 71.4%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dasai

Of every 100 households in Dasai in 2011, 16 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dasai · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****88%**

**34%

Television ****5%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dasai?

■ Dasai · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.4%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1020**

**969

Working population ****39.6%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 58.2% for women. 57% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 205 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 168 (29%) · **■** Household industry 94 (16%) · **■** Other work 92 (16%) · **■** Marginal 27 (5%)

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

- Lohatara1,594 people
- Chandail1,557 people
- Chandgaon1,539 people
- Baidan1,509 people
- Mrizapur1,472 people
- Shursa1,447 people
- Jhapail1,445 people
- Madhya Durgapur1,437 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dasai?1,480 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dasai in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dasai?71.4% (Census 2011)