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Dasul Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Dasul is a medium size village located in Balurghat Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 344 families residing. The Dasul village has population of 1397 of which 710 are males while 687 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dasul village population of children with age 0-6 is 135 which makes up 9.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dasul village is 968 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dasul as per census is 929, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dasul village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dasul village was 77.34 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dasul Male literacy stands at 82.19 % while female literacy rate was 72.35 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Dasul village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Dasul village.

Dasul Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 344 - -
Population 1,397 710 687
Child (0-6) 135 70 65
Schedule Caste 509 261 248
Schedule Tribe 182 84 98
Literacy 77.34 % 82.19 % 72.35 %
Total Workers 546 422 124
Main Worker 404 - -
Marginal Worker 142 72 70

Caste Factor

In Dasul village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.44 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 13.03 % of total population in Dasul village.

Work Profile

In Dasul village out of total population, 546 were engaged in work activities. 73.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 546 workers engaged in Main Work, 130 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 190 were Agricultural labourer.