# Dehata Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dehata

Dehata is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,005 people in 195 households**, the 67th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,005people (2011)
- 195households
- 60.7%literacy
- 889females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dehata

Of every 100 households in Dehata in 2011, 3 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dehata · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****9%**

**18%

Television ****3%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Dehata?

■ Dehata · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.7%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****889**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****775**

**955

Working population ****44.5%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.1% for men and 48.2% for women. 53% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 255 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 111 (25%) · **■** Other work 31 (7%) · **■** Marginal 50 (11%)

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 Kushmundi

- Upadail1,057 people
- Jothar1,054 people
- Khagail1,043 people
- Hariharpur1,029 people
- Bagdoli994 people
- Abuhar984 people
- Basail978 people
- Alampur948 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dehata?1,005 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dehata in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dehata?60.7% (Census 2011)