# Dantura Village, Murarai - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - II, Birbhum 

# Dantura

Dantura is a village in Murarai - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,870 people in 1,751 households**, the 6th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.0%.

- 6,870people (2011)
- 1,751households
- 55.2%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dantura

Of every 100 households in Dantura in 2011, 8 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dantura · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**9%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**95%

Use banking services ****12%**

**25%

Television ****4%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**17%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****74%**

**58%

Own their home ****87%**

**93%

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 Dantura?

■ Dantura · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.2%**

**58.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****949**

**964

Working population ****31.6%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.6% for men and 51.9% for women. 52% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 195 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,204 (55%) · **■** Household industry 78 (4%) · **■** Other work 304 (14%) · **■** Marginal 392 (18%)

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 - II

- Paikar12,250 people
- Rudranagar10,756 people
- Kathia8,465 people
- Jijigram6,977 people
- Makhlispur6,373 people
- Math Basori6,343 people
- Amdol5,976 people
- Bisor5,181 people

[All 71 villages in Murarai - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dantura?6,870 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dantura in?Birbhum district (Murarai - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dantura?55.2% (Census 2011)