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

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Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dohaso

Dohaso is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **13,323 people in 2,635 households**, the 1st largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 13,323people (2011)
- 2,635households
- 66.5%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dohaso

Of every 100 households in Dohaso in 2011, 28 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dohaso · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**62%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****17%**

**20%

Television ****11%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**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 Dohaso?

■ Dohaso · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****940**

**967

Working population ****30.5%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.2% for men and 57.0% for women. 52% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,173 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,317 (32%) · **■** Household industry 10 (0%) · **■** Other work 841 (21%) · **■** Marginal 724 (18%)

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

- Purbba Gomaidighi11,982 people
- Gunabari11,835 people
- Phulhara11,113 people
- Bhojpur11,055 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dohaso?13,323 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dohaso in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dohaso?66.5% (Census 2011)