# Dalua Village, Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dalua

Dalua is a village in Chopra sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,227 people in 408 households**, the 43rd largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 2,227people (2011)
- 408households
- 59.2%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dalua

Of every 100 households in Dalua in 2011, 39 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dalua · ■ Chopra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**64%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****58%**

**92%

Use banking services ****20%**

**37%

Television ****15%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****49%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 Dalua?

■ Dalua · ■ Chopra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.2%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1082**

**953

Working population ****34.9%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.5% for men and 50.7% for women. 51% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 58 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 74 (10%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 481 (62%) · **■** Marginal 161 (21%)

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 Chopra

- Bhata2,456 people
- Purbba Andharijhari2,432 people
- Damodarkhuri2,294 people
- Uttar Mohangachh2,267 people
- Nahargachh2,068 people
- Dakshin Damorgachh2,062 people
- Mahadevpur1,982 people
- Purbba Jibhakata1,892 people

[All 118 villages in Chopra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/chopra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dalua?2,227 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dalua in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Chopra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dalua?59.2% (Census 2011)