# Dandahit Village, Santuri, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Santuri, Puruliya 

# Dandahit

Dandahit is a village in Santuri sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,578 people in 333 households**, the 12th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 1,578people (2011)
- 333households
- 60.0%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dandahit

Of every 100 households in Dandahit in 2011, 42 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dandahit · ■ Santuri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**6%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**67%

Use banking services ****26%**

**52%

Television ****19%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**10%

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

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**96%

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 Dandahit?

■ Dandahit · ■ Santuri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.0%**

**65.1%

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

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****878**

**973

Working population ****45.4%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.1% for men and 46.7% for women. 59% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 206 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 126 (18%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 98 (14%) · **■** Marginal 284 (40%)

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 Santuri

- Tarabari1,772 people
- Gorsika1,741 people
- Bheti1,695 people
- Kotaldih1,663 people
- Marbedya1,397 people
- Ghoramurga1,246 people
- Dumdumi1,244 people
- Kulai1,217 people

[All 103 villages in Santuri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/santuri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dandahit?1,578 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dandahit in?Puruliya district (Santuri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dandahit?60.0% (Census 2011)