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

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dahkati

Dahkati is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **310 people in 73 households**, the 208th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 310people (2011)
- 73households
- 82.0%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dahkati

Of every 100 households in Dahkati in 2011, 48 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dahkati · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**30%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**97%

Use banking services ****23%**

**34%

Television ****18%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**17%

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 Dahkati?

■ Dahkati · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.0%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****583**

**979

Working population ****47.7%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 74.3% for women. 56% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 13 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (16%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 28 (19%) · **■** Marginal 81 (55%)

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

- Pakuryapal313 people
- Hudhudi312 people
- Kismatjam Bedia311 people
- Bara Didiha310 people
- Jharagerya308 people
- Kalajharia308 people
- Kundasol308 people
- Pathar Chakri308 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dahkati?310 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dahkati in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dahkati?82.0% (Census 2011)