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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Katalhat

Katalhat is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **570 people in 142 households**, the 129th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 570people (2011)
- 142households
- 58.0%literacy
- 1,036females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Katalhat

Of every 100 households in Katalhat in 2011, 52 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Katalhat · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****2%**

**18%

Television ****18%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**24%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Katalhat?

■ Katalhat · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.0%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1036**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1079**

**955

Working population ****40.9%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.1% for men and 50.2% for women. 54% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 88 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 143 (61%) · **■** Other work 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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

- Sarenga609 people
- Debipur600 people
- Pachim Balarampur584 people
- Kathalbari576 people
- Bangaon Krishnapur569 people
- Hasnagar561 people
- Gopalpur556 people
- Balaspur545 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Katalhat?570 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Katalhat in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Katalhat?58.0% (Census 2011)