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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Ukhalia

Ukhalia is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,432 people in 798 households**, the 5th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 3,432people (2011)
- 798households
- 70.4%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ukhalia

Of every 100 households in Ukhalia in 2011, 59 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Ukhalia · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**93%

Use banking services ****39%**

**18%

Television ****46%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**24%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Ukhalia?

■ Ukhalia · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**955

Working population ****34.2%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.2% for men and 63.3% for women. 55% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 238 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 155 (13%) · **■** Household industry 17 (1%) · **■** Other work 570 (49%) · **■** Marginal 193 (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

- Nahit4,630 people
- Kushmundi3,948 people
- Karangi3,772 people
- Kasba3,710 people
- Sarala2,848 people
- Chandipur2,627 people
- Berail2,459 people
- Chausa2,432 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ukhalia?3,432 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ukhalia in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ukhalia?70.4% (Census 2011)