# Dotal Village, Ratua - I, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Ratua - I, Maldah 

# Dotal

Dotal is a village in Ratua - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **266 people in 49 households**, the 88th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%.

- 266people (2011)
- 49households
- 73.2%literacy
- 716females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dotal

Of every 100 households in Dotal in 2011, 0 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dotal · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**33%

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

**2%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****33%**

**24%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**38%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dotal?

■ Dotal · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.2%**

**60.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****716**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****826**

**959

Working population ****18.8%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.5% for men and 68.5% for women. 32% of men and 0% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**

**■** Farm labourers 50 (100%)

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 Ratua - I

- Kotoali489 people
- Shibrampur488 people
- Haragobindapur479 people
- Faridpur324 people
- Shibpur254 people
- Bishal Gokulpur212 people
- Seharakol98 people
- Ghumania64 people

[All 101 villages in Ratua - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/ratua-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dotal?266 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dotal in?Maldah district (Ratua - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dotal?73.2% (Census 2011)