# Dhantola Village, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dhantola

Dhantola is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **9,503 people in 1,727 households**, the 8th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 9,503people (2011)
- 1,727households
- 44.1%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhantola

Of every 100 households in Dhantola in 2011, 30 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dhantola · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**79%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**62%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**95%

Use banking services ****22%**

**20%

Television ****8%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****56%**

**40%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dhantola?

■ Dhantola · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.1%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****935**

**967

Working population ****30.9%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.2% for men and 37.7% for women. 49% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 463 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 909 (31%) · **■** Household industry 10 (0%) · **■** Other work 793 (27%) · **■** Marginal 766 (26%)

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 Islampur

- Phulhara11,113 people
- Bhojpur11,055 people
- Barakhanti9,617 people
- Kuchila9,549 people
- Panchdimti9,337 people
- Chaprajhar7,773 people
- Paschim Pachhurasia7,318 people
- Jagatagaon6,671 people

[All 101 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhantola?9,503 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhantola in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhantola?44.1% (Census 2011)