# Dabkai Village, Berhampore, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Berhampore, Murshidabad 

# Dabkai

Dabkai is a village in Berhampore sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,508 people in 435 households**, the 53rd largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 2,508people (2011)
- 435households
- 64.7%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dabkai

Of every 100 households in Dabkai in 2011, 13 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dabkai · ■ Berhampore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**43%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**55%

Tap water ****46%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**52%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****28%**

**33%

Television ****17%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**29%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Dabkai?

■ Dabkai · ■ Berhampore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.7%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****913**

**972

Working population ****25.4%**

**34.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.4% for men and 60.9% for women. 47% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 236 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 283 (44%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 82 (13%) · **■** Marginal 28 (4%)

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 Berhampore

- Bhagabanbati2,663 people
- Madapur2,628 people
- Gobindapur2,582 people
- Diha2,539 people
- Benidaspur2,482 people
- Uday Nagar2,251 people
- Basabari2,193 people
- Fatepur2,163 people

[All 138 villages in Berhampore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/berhampore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dabkai?2,508 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dabkai in?Murshidabad district (Berhampore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dabkai?64.7% (Census 2011)