# Dalima Village, Murarai - I, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Murarai - I, Birbhum 

# Dalima

Dalima is a village in Murarai - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,818 people in 379 households**, the 31st largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 1,818people (2011)
- 379households
- 49.4%literacy
- 993females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dalima

Of every 100 households in Dalima in 2011, 33 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dalima · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**84%

Tap water ****1%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**86%

Use banking services ****30%**

**20%

Television ****14%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**46%

Own their home ****94%**

**96%

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 Dalima?

■ Dalima · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.4%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****993**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1106**

**983

Working population ****38.1%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 53.1% for men and 45.6% for women. 54% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 118 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 293 (42%) · **■** Household industry 95 (14%) · **■** Other work 133 (19%) · **■** Marginal 53 (8%)

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 Murarai - I

- Na-Ani Gangadda2,120 people
- Kalitara2,063 people
- Raghunathpur2,052 people
- Paniara1,889 people
- Sohara1,816 people
- Mahimuji1,795 people
- Sumarpur1,784 people
- Dulandi1,722 people

[All 80 villages in Murarai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dalima?1,818 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dalima in?Birbhum district (Murarai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dalima?49.4% (Census 2011)