# Dontiara Village, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dontiara

Dontiara is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,312 people in 260 households**, the 62nd largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 1,312people (2011)
- 260households
- 85.0%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dontiara

Of every 100 households in Dontiara in 2011, 44 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dontiara · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**49%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****38%**

**37%

Television ****16%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dontiara?

■ Dontiara · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.0%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****949**

**959

Working population ****59.4%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.1% for men and 74.0% for women. 63% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 87 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 84 (11%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 42 (5%) · **■** Marginal 560 (72%)

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 Ghatal

- Gobindapur1,420 people
- Kismaidirghalgram1,384 people
- Gangaprasad1,382 people
- Barnabin1,365 people
- Jamira1,312 people
- Gholshahi1,286 people
- Chak Lachhipur1,280 people
- Jadupur1,194 people

[All 145 villages in Ghatal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/ghatal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dontiara?1,312 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dontiara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dontiara?85.0% (Census 2011)