# Dasturhat Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Dasturhat

Dasturhat is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **9,959 people in 2,381 households**, the 4th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 9,959people (2011)
- 2,381households
- 57.6%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dasturhat

Of every 100 households in Dasturhat in 2011, 18 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dasturhat · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**83%

Tap water ****6%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**95%

Use banking services ****17%**

**20%

Television ****9%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****40%**

**39%

Own their home ****94%**

**95%

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 Dasturhat?

■ Dasturhat · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.6%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****999**

**954

Working population ****30.7%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.7% for men and 55.6% for women. 53% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 279 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,300 (43%) · **■** Household industry 20 (1%) · **■** Other work 881 (29%) · **■** Marginal 575 (19%)

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 Sagardighi

- Kabilpur16,489 people
- Balia10,299 people
- Popara10,107 people
- Kantanagar9,453 people
- Bokhara8,000 people
- Char Mathurapur7,112 people
- Ramna Sekhdighi6,367 people

[All 197 villages in Sagardighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/sagardighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dasturhat?9,959 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dasturhat in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dasturhat?57.6% (Census 2011)