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

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Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Poaltair

Poaltair is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **453 people in 104 households**, the 95th largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 453people (2011)
- 104households
- 65.8%literacy
- 1,031females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Poaltair

Of every 100 households in Poaltair in 2011, 26 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Poaltair · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****78%**

**67%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****7%**

**16%

Television ****7%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**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 Poaltair?

■ Poaltair · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.8%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1031**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1393**

**955

Working population ****58.1%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.9% for men and 56.5% for women. 60% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 96 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 100 (38%) · **■** Other work 14 (5%) · **■** Marginal 53 (20%)

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

- Hatjugat540 people
- Matiyadob502 people
- Durllabhpur493 people
- Mahakaldanga455 people
- Keshabpur390 people
- Maldua384 people
- Bangalbari379 people
- Tilia365 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Poaltair?453 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Poaltair in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Poaltair?65.8% (Census 2011)