# Dhalsa Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Dhalsa

Dhalsa is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,544 people in 340 households**, the 67th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 1,544people (2011)
- 340households
- 72.9%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhalsa

Of every 100 households in Dhalsa in 2011, 28 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhalsa · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**18%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****16%**

**20%

Television ****9%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****15%**

**39%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dhalsa?

■ Dhalsa · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.9%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1211**

**954

Working population ****50.5%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.5% for men and 69.0% for women. 62% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 132 (17%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 56 (7%) · **■** Marginal 554 (71%)

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

- Belsanda1,663 people
- Athua1,654 people
- Barala1,565 people
- Jogpur1,545 people
- Choapukuria1,506 people
- Megha1,495 people
- Khatua1,489 people
- Balarmbati1,471 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhalsa?1,544 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhalsa in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhalsa?72.9% (Census 2011)