# Dhantala Village, Haroa – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Haroa, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dhantala

Dhantala is a village in Haroa sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,567 people in 1,040 households**, the 11th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 4,567people (2011)
- 1,040households
- 61.3%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhantala

Of every 100 households in Dhantala in 2011, 7 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhantala · ■ Haroa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**15%

Tap water ****13%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**32%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****14%**

**39%

Television ****12%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dhantala?

■ Dhantala · ■ Haroa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.3%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****811**

**947

Working population ****44.6%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.6% for men and 54.7% for women. 59% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 111 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 557 (27%) · **■** Household industry 80 (4%) · **■** Other work 457 (22%) · **■** Marginal 830 (41%)

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 Haroa

- Ranigachhi5,947 people
- Mazampur5,556 people
- Atghara5,098 people
- Jampur4,863 people
- Laugachhi4,540 people
- Kalikapur4,378 people
- Shankarpur4,364 people
- Bhayda3,933 people

[All 90 villages in Haroa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/haroa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhantala?4,567 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhantala in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Haroa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhantala?61.3% (Census 2011)