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

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Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dholigaon

Dholigaon is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,447 people in 267 households**, the 65th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 1,447people (2011)
- 267households
- 53.3%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dholigaon

Of every 100 households in Dholigaon in 2011, 19 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dholigaon · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**62%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****19%**

**20%

Television ****13%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****60%**

**40%

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 Dholigaon?

■ Dholigaon · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.3%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1023**

**967

Working population ****39.9%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.5% for men and 42.2% for women. 53% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 125 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 79 (14%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 85 (15%) · **■** Marginal 286 (49%)

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

- Kutumposa1,597 people
- Narayanpur1,559 people
- Chhota Sapnikla1,491 people
- Sanpnikla1,469 people
- Goalgachh1,440 people
- Nondola Rokhoa1,429 people
- Tarabari1,424 people
- Gadiatol1,327 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dholigaon?1,447 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dholigaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dholigaon?53.3% (Census 2011)