# Dhaltara Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dhaltara

Dhaltara is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **497 people in 102 households**, the 164th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 497people (2011)
- 102households
- 45.2%literacy
- 1,020females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhaltara

Of every 100 households in Dhaltara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhaltara · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****8%**

**41%

Television ****4%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dhaltara?

■ Dhaltara · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.2%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1020**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**965

Working population ****56.3%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 49.3% for men and 41.1% for women. 64% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 56 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 173 (62%) · **■** Other work 27 (10%) · **■** Marginal 24 (9%)

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 Balurghat

- Katna507 people
- Chak Gobinda502 people
- Digra499 people
- Rajapur498 people
- Chak Bhriguram477 people
- Jamrail477 people
- Rajarampur477 people
- Gutin475 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhaltara?497 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhaltara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhaltara?45.2% (Census 2011)