# Dotal Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dotal

Dotal is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **290 people in 68 households**, the 362nd largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 290people (2011)
- 68households
- 81.9%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dotal

Of every 100 households in Dotal in 2011, 82 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dotal · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****40%**

**58%

Television ****21%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**18%

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 Dotal?

■ Dotal · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.9%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2000**

**960

Working population ****35.9%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 74.2% for women. 64% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 80 (77%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (17%) · **■** Other work 6 (6%)

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 Keshpur

- Shata Chak297 people
- Ganadiha296 people
- Chena Pat294 people
- Basudeb Pur291 people
- Murari290 people
- Raghunath Chak290 people
- Maruk Chak289 people
- Belerya283 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dotal?290 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dotal in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dotal?81.9% (Census 2011)