# Dala Village, Goalpokhar - II, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Goalpokhar - II, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dala

Dala is a village in Goalpokhar - II sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,596 people in 345 households**, the 69th largest of 169 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 46.1%.

- 1,596people (2011)
- 345households
- 62.8%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dala

Of every 100 households in Dala in 2011, 68 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dala · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**92%

Use banking services ****31%**

**17%

Television ****34%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**31%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Dala?

■ Dala · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.8%**

**46.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****879**

**958

Working population ****33.0%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.8% for men and 53.4% for women. 52% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 113 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 255 (48%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 102 (19%) · **■** Marginal 48 (9%)

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 Goalpokhar - II

- Tarial1,625 people
- Dakshin Rampur1,622 people
- Jalsua1,615 people
- Satmeri1,612 people
- Sukhar1,593 people
- Kanki1,587 people
- Suhia1,559 people
- Lohagara1,533 people

[All 170 villages in Goalpokhar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dala?1,596 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dala in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dala?62.8% (Census 2011)