# Dogachhia Village, Gaighata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dogachhia

Dogachhia is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,426 people in 816 households**, the 27th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 3,426people (2011)
- 816households
- 85.0%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dogachhia

Of every 100 households in Dogachhia in 2011, 46 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Dogachhia · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**3%

Tap water ****18%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%**

**91%

Use banking services ****46%**

**47%

Television ****25%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****18%**

**17%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Dogachhia?

■ Dogachhia · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.0%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****927**

**965

Working population ****36.2%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.0% for men and 79.8% for women. 59% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 166 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 659 (53%) · **■** Household industry 46 (4%) · **■** Other work 276 (22%) · **■** Marginal 92 (7%)

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 Gaighata

- Rajapur3,621 people
- Deopuli3,583 people
- Barasehana3,495 people
- Jhaudanga3,476 people
- Gazna3,238 people
- Tentulbaria3,178 people
- Amkola3,175 people
- Shimulia3,169 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dogachhia?3,426 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dogachhia in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dogachhia?85.0% (Census 2011)