# Dahara, Harischandrapur - II, Maldah – Population & Literacy

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Village · Harischandrapur - II, Maldah 

# Dahara

Dahara is a village in [Harischandrapur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/harischandrapur-ii/) sub-district of [Maldah](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,733 people in 364 households**, the 42nd largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 38.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.3%.

- 1,733people (2011)
- 364households
- 38.0%literacy
- 863females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dahara

Of every 100 households in Dahara in 2011, 11 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dahara · ■ Harischandrapur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**83%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****5%**

**15%

Television ****1%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**44%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dahara?

■ Dahara · ■ Harischandrapur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****38.0%**

**54.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****863**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****834**

**957

Working population ****45.4%**

**31.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 41.1% for men and 34.5% for women. 57% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 120 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 307 (39%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 43 (5%) · **■** Marginal 313 (40%)

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 Harischandrapur - II

- Sharanpur2,027 people
- Betahal1,920 people
- Chithalia1,774 people
- Chaksatan1,754 people
- Hariharpur1,696 people
- Degun1,665 people
- Basudebpur1,652 people
- Gaushpur1,609 people

[All 74 villages in Harischandrapur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/harischandrapur-ii/villages/)

## Other places named Dahara

- Dahara · Village, Rangia, Kamrup · 1,391 people
- Dahara · Village, Akhnoor, Jammu · 750 people
- Dahara · Village, Gazole, Maldah · 180 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dahara?1,733 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dahara in?Maldah district (Harischandrapur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dahara?38.0% (Census 2011)