# Dhamaitikar Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Dhamaitikar

Dhamaitikar is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,621 people in 632 households**, the 30th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 2,621people (2011)
- 632households
- 60.5%literacy
- 998females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhamaitikar

Of every 100 households in Dhamaitikar in 2011, 46 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dhamaitikar · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**48%

Tap water ****14%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**84%

Use banking services ****43%**

**58%

Television ****26%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****38%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Dhamaitikar?

■ Dhamaitikar · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.5%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****998**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****765**

**962

Working population ****45.8%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.2% for men and 54.9% for women. 59% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 206 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 503 (42%) · **■** Household industry 20 (2%) · **■** Other work 131 (11%) · **■** Marginal 341 (28%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Rudrani2,694 people
- Barul2,683 people
- Khanpur2,664 people
- Habibpur2,660 people
- Khajurdaha2,600 people
- Gete Gari2,574 people
- Purba Kalikapur2,461 people
- Dighir2,412 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhamaitikar?2,621 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhamaitikar in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhamaitikar?60.5% (Census 2011)