# Dahira Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Dahira

Dahira is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,312 people in 290 households**, the 38th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 1,312people (2011)
- 290households
- 74.2%literacy
- 843females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dahira

Of every 100 households in Dahira in 2011, 51 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dahira · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**37%

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

**17%

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

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**85%

Use banking services ****94%**

**57%

Television ****26%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Dahira?

■ Dahira · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.2%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****843**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****760**

**961

Working population ****49.1%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 64.6% for women. 60% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 127 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 165 (26%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 43 (7%) · **■** Marginal 300 (47%)

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 Sainthia

- Kusumjatra1,364 people
- Paschim Sahapur1,358 people
- Bataspur1,348 people
- Pariharpur1,336 people
- Bangjita1,298 people
- Mitrapur1,267 people
- Barasangra1,253 people
- Kaluraypur1,240 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dahira?1,312 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dahira in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dahira?74.2% (Census 2011)