# Dhalhara Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dhalhara

Dhalhara is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **542 people in 128 households**, the 110th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 542people (2011)
- 128households
- 79.6%literacy
- 1,168females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhalhara

Of every 100 households in Dhalhara in 2011, 48 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 11 a car.

■ Dhalhara · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**59%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

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

**39%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**97%

Use banking services ****86%**

**62%

Television ****9%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****11%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Dhalhara?

■ Dhalhara · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.6%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1168**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1038**

**963

Working population ****45.9%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 71.7% for women. 61% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 38 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 16 (6%) · **■** Marginal 185 (74%)

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 Dantan - I

- Solakhia576 people
- Doyasti555 people
- Barampura547 people
- Dobisa543 people
- Bahalia533 people
- Markundapur528 people
- Mirzapur514 people
- Kharakhai504 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhalhara?542 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhalhara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhalhara?79.6% (Census 2011)