# Dakhalain Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dakhalain

Dakhalain is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **962 people in 223 households**, the 82nd largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 962people (2011)
- 223households
- 63.7%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakhalain

Of every 100 households in Dakhalain in 2011, 3 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakhalain · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****57%**

**26%

Television ****5%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Dakhalain?

■ Dakhalain · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.7%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****812**

**954

Working population ****42.9%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.5% for men and 57.0% for women. 55% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 70 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 59 (14%) · **■** Other work 82 (20%) · **■** Marginal 202 (49%)

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 Tapan

- Sarifabad985 people
- Bajitpur982 people
- Sihur980 people
- Chak Prabhuram962 people
- Badalpur960 people
- Dakshin Jamalpur952 people
- Sankair945 people
- Bunail930 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakhalain?962 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakhalain in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakhalain?63.7% (Census 2011)