# Dingalhat Village, Chinsurah - Magra, Hugli (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/chinsurah-magra/dingalhat/

Village · Chinsurah - Magra, Hugli 

# Dingalhat

Dingalhat is a village in Chinsurah - Magra sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,574 people in 965 households**, the 2nd largest of 52 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 4,574people (2011)
- 965households
- 78.7%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dingalhat

Of every 100 households in Dingalhat in 2011, 85 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dingalhat · ■ Chinsurah - Magra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**25%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**28%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****32%**

**51%

Use banking services ****49%**

**53%

Television ****55%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**16%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**13%

Own their home ****87%**

**89%

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 Dingalhat?

■ Dingalhat · ■ Chinsurah - Magra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**953

Working population ****34.5%**

**40.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 73.4% for women. 55% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (1%) · **■** Household industry 15 (1%) · **■** Other work 1,159 (73%) · **■** Marginal 353 (22%)

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 Chinsurah - Magra

- Gajaghanta4,680 people
- Digsui4,183 people
- Kanagar4,131 people
- Benipur3,793 people
- Chhota Khejuria3,734 people

[All 52 villages in Chinsurah - Magra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/chinsurah-magra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dingalhat?4,574 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dingalhat in?Hugli district (Chinsurah - Magra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dingalhat?78.7% (Census 2011)