# Dhala Kandar Village, Habibpur, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Habibpur, Maldah 

# Dhala Kandar

Dhala Kandar is a village in Habibpur sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,470 people in 341 households**, the 30th largest of 233 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 55.8%.

- 1,470people (2011)
- 341households
- 79.5%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhala Kandar

Of every 100 households in Dhala Kandar in 2011, 36 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Dhala Kandar · ■ Habibpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**15%

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

**18%

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

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****4%**

**22%

Television ****10%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**40%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Dhala Kandar?

■ Dhala Kandar · ■ Habibpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.5%**

**55.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****717**

**950

Working population ****34.8%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 74.5% for women. 53% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 48 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (1%) · **■** Household industry 93 (18%) · **■** Other work 310 (61%) · **■** Marginal 54 (11%)

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 Habibpur

- Bijail1,610 people
- Oltara1,562 people
- Talpukur1,560 people
- Aragachhi1,508 people
- Binodpur1,438 people
- Chaksukur1,417 people
- Perapur1,364 people
- Lonsa1,344 people

[All 287 villages in Habibpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/habibpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhala Kandar?1,470 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhala Kandar in?Maldah district (Habibpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhala Kandar?79.5% (Census 2011)