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

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dalkati

Dalkati is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,061 people in 253 households**, the 17th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 1,061people (2011)
- 253households
- 56.7%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dalkati

Of every 100 households in Dalkati in 2011, 17 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dalkati · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****15%**

**34%

Television ****11%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**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 Dalkati?

■ Dalkati · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.7%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**979

Working population ****49.9%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.6% for men and 43.8% for women. 59% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 23 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 31 (6%) · **■** Marginal 470 (89%)

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

- Rautarapur1,146 people
- Gobindapur1,133 people
- Lodha Suli1,102 people
- Amdiha1,085 people
- Tanga1,036 people
- Pindkhara1,024 people
- Marai Khunti983 people
- Ramchandrapur966 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dalkati?1,061 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dalkati in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dalkati?56.7% (Census 2011)