# Dahalauda Village, Contai - III, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Dahalauda

Dahalauda is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **693 people in 191 households**, the 84th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 693people (2011)
- 191households
- 94.3%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dahalauda

Of every 100 households in Dahalauda in 2011, 32 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dahalauda · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**4%

Tap water ****1%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****100%**

**42%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**27%

Own their home ****97%**

**94%

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 Dahalauda?

■ Dahalauda · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.3%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****590**

**948

Working population ****35.2%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.8% for men and 90.8% for women. 61% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 29 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 128 (52%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 86 (35%)

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 Contai - III

- Amratalia736 people
- Barani716 people
- Ballabpur712 people
- Shibpur Betalya697 people
- Bara Naoai691 people
- Raghunadanpur651 people
- Aluan649 people
- Maheshdas Bar Baibartta Chak645 people

[All 166 villages in Contai - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dahalauda?693 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dahalauda in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dahalauda?94.3% (Census 2011)