# Dohalia Village, Kandi, Murshidabad (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kandi, Murshidabad 

# Dohalia

Dohalia is a village in Kandi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,345 people in 817 households**, the 19th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 3,345people (2011)
- 817households
- 79.3%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dohalia

Of every 100 households in Dohalia in 2011, 76 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 34 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dohalia · ■ Kandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**32%

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

**21%

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

**78%

Tap water ****6%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****34%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****60%**

**92%

Use banking services ****70%**

**42%

Television ****53%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**33%

Own their home ****86%**

**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 Dohalia?

■ Dohalia · ■ Kandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**963

Working population ****28.0%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 73.4% for women. 44% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 41 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (10%) · **■** Household industry 31 (3%) · **■** Other work 625 (67%) · **■** Marginal 144 (15%)

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 Kandi

- Munigram3,728 people
- Motara3,648 people
- Mahadia3,463 people
- Ranipur3,383 people
- Sole Para3,152 people
- Jiadara3,124 people
- Parbbatipur3,052 people
- Benipur3,004 people

[All 93 villages in Kandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/kandi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dohalia?3,345 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dohalia in?Murshidabad district (Kandi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dohalia?79.3% (Census 2011)