# Rahia Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Rahia

Rahia is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **609 people in 150 households**, the 174th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 609people (2011)
- 150households
- 81.7%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rahia

Of every 100 households in Rahia in 2011, 71 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 25 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rahia · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**48%

Tap water ****97%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**26%

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

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****21%**

**84%

Use banking services ****94%**

**58%

Television ****50%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****25%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****1%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Rahia?

■ Rahia · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.7%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1318**

**962

Working population ****45.5%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 72.9% for women. 68% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 109 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (29%) · **■** Other work 64 (23%) · **■** Marginal 23 (8%)

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

- Kathalgaria642 people
- Dumro640 people
- Beguna630 people
- Purbba Keshabpur609 people
- Telekona604 people
- Purbba Narayanpur590 people
- Jadupur566 people
- Dakshin Malikapur562 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rahia?609 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rahia in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rahia?81.7% (Census 2011)