# Dongal Village, Arambag, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arambag, Hugli 

# Dongal

Dongal is a village in Arambag sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,579 people in 366 households**, the 61st largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 1,579people (2011)
- 366households
- 90.1%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dongal

Of every 100 households in Dongal in 2011, 84 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dongal · ■ Arambag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**30%

Tap water ****64%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**88%

Use banking services ****50%**

**42%

Television ****45%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Dongal?

■ Dongal · ■ Arambag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.1%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****951**

**959

Working population ****35.2%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.3% for men and 83.2% for women. 62% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 220 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 109 (20%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 149 (27%) · **■** Marginal 66 (12%)

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 Arambag

- Birati1,715 people
- Purbbaharipur1,632 people
- Katabani1,610 people
- Arunbera1,587 people
- Balarampur1,479 people
- Kirthi Chandrapur1,451 people
- Pirijpur1,406 people
- Sahapur1,398 people

[All 159 villages in Arambag](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/arambag/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dongal?1,579 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dongal in?Hugli district (Arambag sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dongal?90.1% (Census 2011)