# Dholkata Village, Hura, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hura, Puruliya 

# Dholkata

Dholkata is a village in Hura sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,289 people in 247 households**, the 35th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,289people (2011)
- 247households
- 52.6%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dholkata

Of every 100 households in Dholkata in 2011, 8 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dholkata · ■ Hura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**5%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**75%

Use banking services ****38%**

**41%

Television ****5%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Dholkata?

■ Dholkata · ■ Hura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.6%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****943**

**954

Working population ****43.2%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.7% for men and 38.3% for women. 56% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 42 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 265 (48%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 44 (8%) · **■** Marginal 205 (37%)

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 Hura

- Nadiha1,397 people
- Kulabahal1,356 people
- Sijumakhna1,331 people
- Bariarpur1,309 people
- Amlatara1,262 people
- Madhuban1,234 people
- Bathandi1,229 people
- Nishchintapur1,204 people

[All 116 villages in Hura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/hura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dholkata?1,289 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dholkata in?Puruliya district (Hura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dholkata?52.6% (Census 2011)