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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dhandail

Dhandail is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **347 people in 87 households**, the 183rd largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 347people (2011)
- 87households
- 58.5%literacy
- 836females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhandail

Of every 100 households in Dhandail in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhandail · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****2%**

**18%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****52%**

**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 Dhandail?

■ Dhandail · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.5%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****836**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****714**

**955

Working population ****53.6%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.6% for men and 42.0% for women. 56% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 32 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (10%) · **■** Other work 7 (4%) · **■** Marginal 129 (69%)

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

- Basudebpur355 people
- Nayapara354 people
- Paptahar Bhaktipur350 people
- Raghunathpur350 people
- Ekdala342 people
- Jafarpur338 people
- Nambhail336 people
- Kalancha331 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhandail?347 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhandail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhandail?58.5% (Census 2011)