# Dakshin Dhalhara Village, Nanda Kumar – Population & Literacy

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Village · Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur 

# Dakshin Dhalhara

Dakshin Dhalhara is a village in Nanda Kumar sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,578 people in 339 households**, the 59th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 1,578people (2011)
- 339households
- 89.5%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Dhalhara

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Dhalhara in 2011, 36 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Dhalhara · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**17%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

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

**5%

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

**2%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****30%**

**39%

Television ****14%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**34%

Own their home ****97%**

**95%

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 Dakshin Dhalhara?

■ Dakshin Dhalhara · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.5%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****931**

**940

Working population ****34.6%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.1% for men and 83.7% for women. 60% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 91 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (9%) · **■** Household industry 20 (4%) · **■** Other work 94 (17%) · **■** Marginal 290 (53%)

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 Nanda Kumar

- Bet Kalla1,668 people
- Fatepur1,643 people
- Chak Chandpota1,630 people
- Dhitai Bashan1,615 people
- Narayanpur1,550 people
- Ramchandrapur1,484 people
- Mahishgot1,457 people
- Alasuli1,456 people

[All 101 villages in Nanda Kumar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nanda-kumar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Dhalhara?1,578 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Dhalhara in?Purba Medinipur district (Nanda Kumar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Dhalhara?89.5% (Census 2011)