# Dantola Village, Berinag, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Berinag, Pithoragarh 

# Dantola

Dantola is a village in Berinag sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **262 people in 54 households**, the 54th largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 262people (2011)
- 54households
- 75.0%literacy
- 1,130females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dantola

Of every 100 households in Dantola in 2011, 79 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 34 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dantola · ■ Berinag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**42%

Tap water ****100%**

**73%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****34%**

**25%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****64%**

**74%

Use banking services ****85%**

**84%

Television ****30%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

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

**28%

Own their home ****96%**

**90%

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 Dantola?

■ Dantola · ■ Berinag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.0%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1130**

**1073

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****852**

**806

Working population ****32.8%**

**40.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 64.7% for women. 37% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 37 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 24 (28%) · **■** Marginal 24 (28%)

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 Berinag

- Chankana271 people
- Rawal Khet270 people
- Odura267 people
- Byati262 people
- Sainar262 people
- Ligurani255 people
- Pabya251 people
- Sahu Garau250 people

[All 299 villages in Berinag](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/pithoragarh/berinag/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dantola?262 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dantola in?Pithoragarh district (Berinag sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Dantola?75.0% (Census 2011)