# Dahuka Village, Saltora, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Saltora, Bankura 

# Dahuka

Dahuka is a village in Saltora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,174 people in 192 households**, the 43rd largest of 145 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.5%.

- 1,174people (2011)
- 192households
- 44.3%literacy
- 887females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dahuka

Of every 100 households in Dahuka in 2011, 18 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dahuka · ■ Saltora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**32%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****9%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**7%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****52%**

**66%

Use banking services ****81%**

**45%

Television ****7%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**36%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Dahuka?

■ Dahuka · ■ Saltora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.3%**

**61.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****887**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****926**

**939

Working population ****29.0%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.9% for men and 31.1% for women. 51% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 173 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (3%) · **■** Other work 23 (7%) · **■** Marginal 134 (39%)

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 Saltora

- Dubrajpur1,200 people
- Alunia1,187 people
- Bishjor1,186 people
- Dhatla1,185 people
- Chandra1,157 people
- Pabayan1,101 people
- Krishnapur1,076 people
- Rangamatia1,037 people

[All 157 villages in Saltora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/saltora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dahuka?1,174 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dahuka in?Bankura district (Saltora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dahuka?44.3% (Census 2011)