# Dohitpur Village, Farakka, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Farakka, Murshidabad 

# Dohitpur

Dohitpur is a village in Farakka sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,272 people in 635 households**, the 18th largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.4%.

- 3,272people (2011)
- 635households
- 52.3%literacy
- 1,019females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dohitpur

Of every 100 households in Dohitpur in 2011, 26 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dohitpur · ■ Farakka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**71%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**23%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****43%**

**70%

Use banking services ****50%**

**44%

Television ****19%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Dohitpur?

■ Dohitpur · ■ Farakka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.3%**

**58.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1019**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1027**

**956

Working population ****46.3%**

**44.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.9% for men and 43.9% for women. 50% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 45 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 69 (5%) · **■** Household industry 485 (32%) · **■** Other work 575 (38%) · **■** Marginal 341 (23%)

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 Farakka

- Alaipur3,969 people
- Baikunthapur3,730 people
- Gobindarampur3,589 people
- Chauki3,576 people
- Pachula Gram3,088 people
- Chandore2,791 people
- Kendua2,408 people
- Sikarpur2,328 people

[All 66 villages in Farakka](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/farakka/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dohitpur?3,272 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dohitpur in?Murshidabad district (Farakka sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dohitpur?52.3% (Census 2011)