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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dilkhanthi

Dilkhanthi is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,729 people in 363 households**, the 18th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,729people (2011)
- 363households
- 71.9%literacy
- 999females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dilkhanthi

Of every 100 households in Dilkhanthi in 2011, 33 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dilkhanthi · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****23%**

**32%

Television ****17%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**29%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Dilkhanthi?

■ Dilkhanthi · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.9%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****999**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****970**

**972

Working population ****41.1%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 65.1% for women. 55% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 290 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 201 (28%) · **■** Household industry 144 (20%) · **■** Other work 67 (9%) · **■** Marginal 8 (1%)

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

- Amai1,869 people
- Thingur1,796 people
- Jaharpur1,767 people
- Gauripara1,733 people
- Mahammadpur1,724 people
- Daulatpur1,687 people
- Bilbarail1,665 people
- Dasul1,641 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dilkhanthi?1,729 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dilkhanthi in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dilkhanthi?71.9% (Census 2011)