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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dharail

Dharail is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **301 people in 75 households**, the 221st largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 301people (2011)
- 75households
- 74.6%literacy
- 1,034females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharail

Of every 100 households in Dharail in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dharail · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**65%

Tap water ****100%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****83%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****0%**

**41%

Television ****4%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****3%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dharail?

■ Dharail · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.6%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1034**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**965

Working population ****58.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 65.9% for women. 65% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 11 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 89 (51%) · **■** Other work 31 (18%) · **■** Marginal 45 (26%)

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

- Sialdanga314 people
- Taksail310 people
- Chakpara309 people
- Harirampur306 people
- Sanihara301 people
- Satais299 people
- Purbba Maheshpur297 people
- Matra295 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharail?301 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharail?74.6% (Census 2011)