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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dopitha

Dopitha is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **319 people in 84 households**, the 192nd largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 319people (2011)
- 84households
- 73.7%literacy
- 1,127females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dopitha

Of every 100 households in Dopitha in 2011, 22 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dopitha · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**93%

Use banking services ****48%**

**18%

Television ****9%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**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 Dopitha?

■ Dopitha · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1127**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****783**

**955

Working population ****28.8%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 70.2% for women. 52% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 17 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 33 (36%) · **■** Household industry 3 (3%) · **■** Other work 24 (26%) · **■** Marginal 15 (16%)

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

- Bhagmaha326 people
- Jamunadanga326 people
- Ibrahimpur322 people
- Angaripara321 people
- Jadabpur314 people
- Bhikanpur310 people
- Naogan310 people
- Rupain302 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dopitha?319 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dopitha in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dopitha?73.7% (Census 2011)