# Dholkhali Village, Sandeshkhali - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sandeshkhali - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dholkhali

Dholkhali is a village in Sandeshkhali - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,556 people in 618 households**, the 23rd largest of 24 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.0%.

- 2,556people (2011)
- 618households
- 71.9%literacy
- 1,021females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dholkhali

Of every 100 households in Dholkhali in 2011, 18 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Dholkhali · ■ Sandeshkhali - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**41%

Tap water ****2%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**12%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****30%**

**33%

Television ****5%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****46%**

**58%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dholkhali?

■ Dholkhali · ■ Sandeshkhali - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.9%**

**71.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1312**

**997

Working population ****36.8%**

**38.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 65.1% for women. 58% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 188 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 294 (31%) · **■** Household industry 54 (6%) · **■** Other work 171 (18%) · **■** Marginal 233 (25%)

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

- Sukhdoani4,481 people
- Gabbaria3,841 people
- Bouthakurani2,840 people
- Dhamakhali2,807 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 Dholkhali?2,556 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dholkhali in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Sandeshkhali - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dholkhali?71.9% (Census 2011)