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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dogachhi

Dogachhi is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,229 people in 305 households**, the 50th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,229people (2011)
- 305households
- 81.3%literacy
- 868females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dogachhi

Of every 100 households in Dogachhi in 2011, 15 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dogachhi · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****78%**

**41%

Television ****40%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Dogachhi?

■ Dogachhi · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.3%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****868**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****839**

**965

Working population ****51.4%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.3% for men and 73.2% for women. 64% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 367 (58%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (10%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 75 (12%) · **■** Marginal 121 (19%)

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

- Manail1,332 people
- Chakram1,320 people
- Haripur1,317 people
- Gongasagar1,285 people
- Pirijpur1,207 people
- Kumargram1,196 people
- Bara1,193 people
- Lakshmipur1,190 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dogachhi?1,229 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dogachhi in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dogachhi?81.3% (Census 2011)