# Doraha Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Doraha

Doraha is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **637 people in 144 households**, the 102nd largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 637people (2011)
- 144households
- 86.3%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Doraha

Of every 100 households in Doraha in 2011, 28 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Doraha · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**33%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****25%**

**25%

Television ****10%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**33%

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 Doraha?

■ Doraha · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.3%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1200**

**951

Working population ****29.8%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 82.6% for women. 57% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 124 (65%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (4%) · **■** Other work 7 (4%) · **■** Marginal 52 (27%)

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 Kumarganj

- Haripur665 people
- Mohipur663 people
- Puntair647 people
- Madhya Ramkrishnapur640 people
- Udail632 people
- Damodarpur630 people
- Chak Jayanti623 people
- Bholanathpur617 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Doraha?637 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Doraha in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Doraha?86.3% (Census 2011)