# Dogachhia Village, Barasat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dogachhia

Dogachhia is a village in Barasat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,948 people in 419 households**, the 41st largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 1,948people (2011)
- 419households
- 77.0%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dogachhia

Of every 100 households in Dogachhia in 2011, 61 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dogachhia · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**15%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****46%**

**78%

Use banking services ****13%**

**46%

Television ****3%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**3%

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

**18%

Own their home ****94%**

**92%

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 Dogachhia?

■ Dogachhia · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****910**

**940

Working population ****29.6%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 74.8% for women. 56% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 50 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 211 (37%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 81 (14%) · **■** Marginal 232 (40%)

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 Barasat - I

- Nimdaria2,095 people
- Sarbaria2,094 people
- Rangapur2,081 people
- Taldharia1,988 people
- Tentulia1,823 people
- Algaria1,804 people
- Chak Dwarakpur1,792 people
- Panchuria1,643 people

[All 70 villages in Barasat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dogachhia?1,948 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dogachhia in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dogachhia?77.0% (Census 2011)