# Dhutura Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dhutura

Dhutura is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **709 people in 174 households**, the 70th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 709people (2011)
- 174households
- 70.4%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhutura

Of every 100 households in Dhutura in 2011, 69 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhutura · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****22%**

**32%

Television ****15%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**29%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Dhutura?

■ Dhutura · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****839**

**972

Working population ****47.8%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.3% for men and 72.5% for women. 64% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 78 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (21%) · **■** Other work 62 (18%) · **■** Marginal 127 (37%)

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 Bansihari

- Paschim Chandipur752 people
- Daudpur732 people
- Rangapukur726 people
- Bataskuri715 people
- Krishnapur709 people
- Bikaldanga708 people
- Angaran696 people
- Balipukur694 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhutura?709 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhutura in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhutura?70.4% (Census 2011)