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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dhulatair

Dhulatair is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,596 people in 390 households**, the 32nd largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,596people (2011)
- 390households
- 77.5%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhulatair

Of every 100 households in Dhulatair in 2011, 60 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dhulatair · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****63%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****77%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**90%

Use banking services ****68%**

**41%

Television ****44%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****30%**

**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 Dhulatair?

■ Dhulatair · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.5%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****920**

**965

Working population ****43.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 70.8% for women. 60% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 27 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 199 (29%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 286 (41%) · **■** Marginal 173 (25%)

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

- Badamail1,673 people
- Hossenpur1,642 people
- Dakshin Sibrampur1,629 people
- Danga1,603 people
- Mangalpur1,584 people
- Mahinagar1,523 people
- Sobrasyampur1,495 people
- Radhanagar1,492 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhulatair?1,596 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhulatair in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhulatair?77.5% (Census 2011)