# Dostabad Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Dubrajpur, Birbhum 

# Dostabad

Dostabad is a village in Dubrajpur sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **198 people in 45 households**, the 175th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 198people (2011)
- 45households
- 60.5%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dostabad

Of every 100 households in Dostabad in 2011, 22 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dostabad · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**14%

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

**3%

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

**77%

Use banking services ****67%**

**51%

Television ****13%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dostabad?

■ Dostabad · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.5%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**980

Working population ****29.8%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.9% for men and 51.2% for women. 53% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 4 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (29%) · **■** Other work 9 (15%) · **■** Marginal 29 (49%)

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 Dubrajpur

- Kholakunri218 people
- Belahari209 people
- Chandidaspur207 people
- Baidyanathpur206 people
- Brahmandihi180 people
- Sadaipur165 people
- Ghoga154 people
- Katapalan154 people

[All 227 villages in Dubrajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/dubrajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dostabad?198 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dostabad in?Birbhum district (Dubrajpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dostabad?60.5% (Census 2011)