# Dhalpara Village, Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dhalpara

Dhalpara is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,438 people in 361 households**, the 16th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 1,438people (2011)
- 361households
- 82.8%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhalpara

Of every 100 households in Dhalpara in 2011, 36 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dhalpara · ■ Hilli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**60%

Tap water ****16%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****18%**

**36%

Television ****20%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**32%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Dhalpara?

■ Dhalpara · ■ Hilli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.8%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1040**

**966

Working population ****44.2%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.6% for men and 80.8% for women. 62% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 237 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 135 (21%) · **■** Household industry 43 (7%) · **■** Other work 107 (17%) · **■** Marginal 113 (18%)

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 Hilli

- Chakdapat1,692 people
- Ferusha1,639 people
- Ramkrishnapur1,557 people
- Iswarpara1,466 people
- Kharun1,420 people
- Mahishnota1,413 people
- Matais1,392 people
- Srirampur1,375 people

[All 82 villages in Hilli](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/hilli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhalpara?1,438 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhalpara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhalpara?82.8% (Census 2011)