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

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Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Makhatair

Makhatair is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **143 people in 34 households**, the 75th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 143people (2011)
- 34households
- 80.3%literacy
- 1,167females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Makhatair

Of every 100 households in Makhatair in 2011, 68 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Makhatair · ■ Hilli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**60%

Tap water ****3%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**54%

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

**5%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****26%**

**36%

Television ****18%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****0%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Makhatair?

■ Makhatair · ■ Hilli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1167**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**966

Working population ****47.6%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 80.6% for women. 64% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 15 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (38%) · **■** Other work 5 (7%) · **■** Marginal 22 (32%)

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

- Bilaspara230 people
- Rupbati183 people
- Chak Maniko162 people
- Purbba Jagannathpur153 people
- Jantigari91 people
- Habibpur53 people
- Bhimpur8 people
- Purbba Thakurpur8 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Makhatair?143 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Makhatair in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Makhatair?80.3% (Census 2011)