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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dhakdhol

Dhakdhol is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,219 people in 282 households**, the 49th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,219people (2011)
- 282households
- 65.1%literacy
- 1,025females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhakdhol

Of every 100 households in Dhakdhol in 2011, 4 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhakdhol · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****1%**

**18%

Television ****1%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**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 Dhakdhol?

■ Dhakdhol · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.1%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1025**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****766**

**955

Working population ****44.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.5% for men and 61.1% for women. 54% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 275 (51%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 35 (7%) · **■** Marginal 138 (26%)

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

- Rasulpur1,230 people
- Adyakhanda1,228 people
- Shabdalpur1,227 people
- Sekendarpur1,223 people
- Mangalpur1,218 people
- Kachara1,214 people
- Baragachhi1,200 people
- Bateshwar1,200 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhakdhol?1,219 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhakdhol in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhakdhol?65.1% (Census 2011)