# Dholtikari Village, Falta – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dholtikari

Dholtikari is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,449 people in 348 households**, the 61st largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 1,449people (2011)
- 348households
- 71.3%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dholtikari

Of every 100 households in Dholtikari in 2011, 11 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dholtikari · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****17%**

**37%

Television ****21%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**37%

Own their home ****93%**

**97%

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 Dholtikari?

■ Dholtikari · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%**

**76.5%

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

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**965

Working population ****38.5%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.1% for men and 63.4% for women. 65% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 110 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 140 (25%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 153 (27%) · **■** Marginal 150 (27%)

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 Falta

- Jagannathpur1,627 people
- Baidya Khali1,572 people
- Alambibi Ramnagar1,544 people
- Sujapur1,453 people
- Majlisur1,439 people
- Sahapur Kamalpur1,423 people
- Hogla1,417 people
- Benapur1,373 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dholtikari?1,449 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dholtikari in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dholtikari?71.3% (Census 2011)