# Dethol Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Dethol

Dethol is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,359 people in 320 households**, the 43rd largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,359people (2011)
- 320households
- 53.1%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dethol

Of every 100 households in Dethol in 2011, 28 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dethol · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**67%

Use banking services ****53%**

**43%

Television ****20%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**25%

Own their home ****96%**

**97%

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 Dethol?

■ Dethol · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.1%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****696**

**908

Working population ****33.5%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.9% for men and 44.8% for women. 55% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 116 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (20%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 128 (28%) · **■** Marginal 117 (26%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Gopinathpur1,638 people
- Nandanpur1,612 people
- Dumuria1,575 people
- Phuljam1,567 people
- Palajuria1,323 people
- Jam Bedya1,315 people
- Tentulia Danga1,260 people
- Kenduadihi1,259 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dethol?1,359 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dethol in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dethol?53.1% (Census 2011)