# Dhitpur Village, Kharagpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kharagpur - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dhitpur

Dhitpur is a village in Kharagpur - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **601 people in 141 households**, the 97th largest of 330 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.1%.

- 601people (2011)
- 141households
- 85.4%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhitpur

Of every 100 households in Dhitpur in 2011, 50 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dhitpur · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**46%

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

**49%

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

**50%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**94%

Use banking services ****63%**

**42%

Television ****35%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

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

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Dhitpur?

■ Dhitpur · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.4%**

**76.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****806**

**970

Working population ****36.9%**

**43.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.8% for men and 76.5% for women. 62% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 51 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (18%) · **■** Other work 109 (49%) · **■** Marginal 23 (10%)

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 Kharagpur - II

- Uparkentya617 people
- warda613 people
- Torko610 people
- Bar Janardanpur603 people
- Beli594 people
- Kanchdiha592 people
- Kajichak590 people
- Bara Karanji582 people

[All 353 villages in Kharagpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhitpur?601 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhitpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhitpur?85.4% (Census 2011)