# Dahatmal Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dahatmal

Dahatmal is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **878 people in 173 households**, the 27th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 878people (2011)
- 173households
- 86.6%literacy
- 1,023females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dahatmal

Of every 100 households in Dahatmal in 2011, 78 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dahatmal · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**30%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****70%**

**34%

Television ****10%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**17%

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 Dahatmal?

■ Dahatmal · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.6%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1023**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1119**

**979

Working population ****61.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.0% for men and 85.1% for women. 67% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 73 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (8%) · **■** Household industry 32 (6%) · **■** Other work 59 (11%) · **■** Marginal 334 (62%)

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 Jhargram

- Pukharia958 people
- Nedha Bahara938 people
- Netura928 people
- Baharakoti897 people
- Katchara Damodarpur840 people
- Charda830 people
- Damrasol814 people
- Chowki Chati792 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dahatmal?878 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dahatmal in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dahatmal?86.6% (Census 2011)