# Dhantair Village, Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dhantair

Dhantair is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **559 people in 136 households**, the 88th largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 559people (2011)
- 136households
- 74.5%literacy
- 1,134females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhantair

Of every 100 households in Dhantair in 2011, 52 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhantair · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**67%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****1%**

**16%

Television ****17%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dhantair?

■ Dhantair · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1134**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**955

Working population ****44.7%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 66.9% for women. 59% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 81 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 106 (42%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 28 (11%) · **■** Marginal 34 (14%)

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 Hemtabad

- Agapur600 people
- Rosanpur597 people
- Binagram568 people
- Simla565 people
- Minapara551 people
- Uttar Kotagaon548 people
- Hatjugat540 people
- Matiyadob502 people

[All 116 villages in Hemtabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/hemtabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhantair?559 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhantair in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhantair?74.5% (Census 2011)