# Dehati Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Dehati

Dehati is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **928 people in 204 households**, the 79th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 928people (2011)
- 204households
- 74.6%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dehati

Of every 100 households in Dehati in 2011, 86 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dehati · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**19%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****65%**

**90%

Use banking services ****70%**

**44%

Television ****29%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Dehati?

■ Dehati · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.6%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****844**

**942

Working population ****35.7%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.7% for men and 68.0% for women. 60% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 17 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (9%) · **■** Other work 35 (11%) · **■** Marginal 248 (75%)

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 Kolaghat

- Manoharpur1,150 people
- Purbba Manika1,102 people
- Kaliswar1,081 people
- Arisanda991 people
- Brindaban Chak923 people
- Kulhanda902 people
- Kshetrahat840 people
- Ghola835 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dehati?928 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dehati in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dehati?74.6% (Census 2011)