# Dhantali Village, Kumargram, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumargram, Jalpaiguri 

# Dhantali

Dhantali is a village in Kumargram sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **768 people in 169 households**, the 51st largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.8%.

- 768people (2011)
- 169households
- 65.4%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhantali

Of every 100 households in Dhantali in 2011, 0 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhantali · ■ Kumargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**58%

Tap water ****4%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**49%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****9%**

**22%

Television ****1%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**29%

Own their home ****92%**

**82%

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 Dhantali?

■ Dhantali · ■ Kumargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.4%**

**69.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1228**

**947

Working population ****54.0%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.8% for men and 55.7% for women. 59% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 25 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 70 (17%) · **■** Household industry 14 (3%) · **■** Other work 34 (8%) · **■** Marginal 272 (66%)

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 Kumargram

- Paglarhat1,157 people
- Raydak Forest865 people
- Jayanti Tea Garden II842 people
- Hemaguri802 people
- Lalchandpur690 people
- Sachapho Forest96 people

[All 53 villages in Kumargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/kumargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhantali?768 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhantali in?Jalpaiguri district (Kumargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhantali?65.4% (Census 2011)