# Dolgaon Village, Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dolgaon

Dolgaon is a village in Harirampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,392 people in 330 households**, the 28th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 1,392people (2011)
- 330households
- 63.3%literacy
- 1,103females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dolgaon

Of every 100 households in Dolgaon in 2011, 40 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dolgaon · ■ Harirampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**16%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****19%**

**24%

Television ****12%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**32%

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 Dolgaon?

■ Dolgaon · ■ Harirampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.3%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1103**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1266**

**973

Working population ****34.8%**

**40.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.2% for men and 57.0% for women. 58% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 136 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 205 (42%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 66 (14%) · **■** Marginal 76 (16%)

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 Harirampur

- Chakla1,549 people
- Jaganail1,511 people
- Chahatpur1,464 people
- Nahit1,461 people
- Kokil1,357 people
- Sundail1,309 people
- Chandipur1,278 people
- Khayerbari1,270 people

[All 151 villages in Harirampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/harirampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dolgaon?1,392 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dolgaon in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Harirampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dolgaon?63.3% (Census 2011)