# Dhitai Bashan Village, Nanda Kumar – Population & Literacy

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Village · Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur 

# Dhitai Bashan

Dhitai Bashan is a village in Nanda Kumar sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,615 people in 348 households**, the 58th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 1,615people (2011)
- 348households
- 92.2%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhitai Bashan

Of every 100 households in Dhitai Bashan in 2011, 21 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dhitai Bashan · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**17%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**89%

Use banking services ****16%**

**39%

Television ****8%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****61%**

**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 Dhitai Bashan?

■ Dhitai Bashan · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.2%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1022**

**940

Working population ****33.3%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.6% for men and 87.6% for women. 55% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 91 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 324 (60%) · **■** Household industry 55 (10%) · **■** Other work 55 (10%) · **■** Marginal 12 (2%)

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

- Khejur Berya1,735 people
- Bet Kalla1,668 people
- Fatepur1,643 people
- Chak Chandpota1,630 people
- Dakshin Dhalhara1,578 people
- Narayanpur1,550 people
- Ramchandrapur1,484 people
- Mahishgot1,457 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 Dhitai Bashan?1,615 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhitai Bashan in?Purba Medinipur district (Nanda Kumar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhitai Bashan?92.2% (Census 2011)