# Dhatara Village, Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya 

# Dhatara

Dhatara is a village in Raghunathpur - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,274 people in 231 households**, the 31st largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 1,274people (2011)
- 231households
- 65.6%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhatara

Of every 100 households in Dhatara in 2011, 8 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dhatara · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**89%

Tap water ****69%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**9%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**71%

Use banking services ****82%**

**46%

Television ****16%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**22%

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 Dhatara?

■ Dhatara · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.6%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****820**

**964

Working population ****30.1%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 50.1% for women. 52% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 16 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (23%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 227 (59%) · **■** Marginal 46 (12%)

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 Raghunathpur - I

- Ekanja1,379 people
- Tal Sankra1,335 people
- Gobindapur1,292 people
- Kadamarra1,277 people
- Banbahira1,258 people
- Sarberia1,177 people
- Unanshila1,155 people
- Digtila1,115 people

[All 102 villages in Raghunathpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/raghunathpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhatara?1,274 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhatara in?Puruliya district (Raghunathpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhatara?65.6% (Census 2011)