# Dosatina Village, Budge Budge - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Budge Budge - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dosatina

Dosatina is a village in Budge Budge - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,825 people in 452 households**, the 32nd largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 1,825people (2011)
- 452households
- 87.0%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dosatina

Of every 100 households in Dosatina in 2011, 60 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dosatina · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**44%

Tap water ****70%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****52%**

**46%

Television ****45%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dosatina?

■ Dosatina · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.0%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****925**

**981

Working population ****36.8%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.4% for men and 78.9% for women. 59% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 15 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 259 (39%) · **■** Household industry 73 (11%) · **■** Other work 203 (30%) · **■** Marginal 121 (18%)

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 Budge Budge - II

- Paita2,113 people
- Brindabanpur2,086 people
- Itali1,986 people
- Chak Daulat1,835 people
- Aripara1,722 people
- Dhanchebaria1,709 people
- Maheswarpur1,641 people
- Bhetkakhali1,519 people

[All 61 villages in Budge Budge - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/budge-budge-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dosatina?1,825 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dosatina in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Budge Budge - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dosatina?87.0% (Census 2011)