# Dattakaya Village, Nalhati - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Nalhati - I, Birbhum 

# Dattakaya

Dattakaya is a village in Nalhati - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **589 people in 152 households**, the 77th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.5%.

- 589people (2011)
- 152households
- 88.7%literacy
- 1,059females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dattakaya

Of every 100 households in Dattakaya in 2011, 35 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dattakaya · ■ Nalhati - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**9%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****26%**

**46%

Television ****6%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****2%**

**41%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 Dattakaya?

■ Dattakaya · ■ Nalhati - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.7%**

**75.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1059**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1091**

**959

Working population ****42.6%**

**35.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.1% for men and 83.5% for women. 60% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 51 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (8%) · **■** Household industry 7 (3%) · **■** Other work 78 (31%) · **■** Marginal 96 (38%)

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 Nalhati - I

- Gunua672 people
- Karttikdanga638 people
- Kadirpur628 people
- Desh Nabagram606 people
- Kanaipur587 people
- Chandipur584 people
- Rampur574 people
- Madhupur517 people

[All 94 villages in Nalhati - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/nalhati-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dattakaya?589 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dattakaya in?Birbhum district (Nalhati - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dattakaya?88.7% (Census 2011)