# Dhalgoda Village, Egra - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Dhalgoda

Dhalgoda is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,875 people in 377 households**, the 29th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,875people (2011)
- 377households
- 90.8%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhalgoda

Of every 100 households in Dhalgoda in 2011, 36 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhalgoda · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****42%**

**33%

Television ****11%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**32%

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 Dhalgoda?

■ Dhalgoda · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.8%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****851**

**953

Working population ****34.4%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.3% for men and 84.0% for women. 62% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 206 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 204 (32%) · **■** Household industry 20 (3%) · **■** Other work 87 (13%) · **■** Marginal 128 (20%)

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 Egra - II

- Debidaspur2,015 people
- Bidurpur1,970 people
- Jagannath Karbar1,920 people
- Baincha1,891 people
- Mahanagar1,875 people
- Khurutia1,834 people
- Mallikpur1,774 people
- Chhota Nalgerya1,719 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhalgoda?1,875 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhalgoda in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhalgoda?90.8% (Census 2011)