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

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dobisa

Dobisa is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **543 people in 118 households**, the 109th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 543people (2011)
- 118households
- 58.8%literacy
- 1,097females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dobisa

Of every 100 households in Dobisa in 2011, 79 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dobisa · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**59%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**97%

Use banking services ****48%**

**62%

Television ****19%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dobisa?

■ Dobisa · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.8%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1097**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1079**

**963

Working population ****33.3%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.9% for men and 50.6% for women. 58% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 39 (22%) · **■** Household industry 72 (40%) · **■** Other work 62 (34%) · **■** Marginal 8 (4%)

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

- Mukundapur577 people
- Solakhia576 people
- Doyasti555 people
- Barampura547 people
- Dhalhara542 people
- Bahalia533 people
- Markundapur528 people
- Mirzapur514 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 Dobisa?543 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dobisa in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dobisa?58.8% (Census 2011)