# Dhamakhali Village, Sandeshkhali - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sandeshkhali - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dhamakhali

Dhamakhali is a village in Sandeshkhali - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,807 people in 613 households**, the 22nd largest of 24 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.0%.

- 2,807people (2011)
- 613households
- 75.0%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhamakhali

Of every 100 households in Dhamakhali in 2011, 7 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Dhamakhali · ■ Sandeshkhali - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**41%

Tap water ****29%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**12%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****47%**

**33%

Television ****3%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**2%

None of these assets ****44%**

**58%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Dhamakhali?

■ Dhamakhali · ■ Sandeshkhali - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.0%**

**71.0%

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

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**997

Working population ****33.1%**

**38.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 68.8% for women. 55% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 55 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (6%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 588 (63%) · **■** Marginal 219 (24%)

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 Sandeshkhali - II

- Jeliakhali Purba Khanda5,084 people
- Sukhdoani4,481 people
- Gabbaria3,841 people
- Bouthakurani2,840 people
- Dholkhali2,556 people
- Tongtala1,759 people

[All 24 villages in Sandeshkhali - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/sandeshkhali-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhamakhali?2,807 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhamakhali in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Sandeshkhali - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhamakhali?75.0% (Census 2011)