# Tharais Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Tharais

Tharais is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,309 people in 473 households**, the 35th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 2,309people (2011)
- 473households
- 41.3%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tharais

Of every 100 households in Tharais in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tharais · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**82%

Tap water ****9%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****3%**

**16%

Television ****0%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****84%**

**32%

Own their home ****71%**

**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 Tharais?

■ Tharais · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.3%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****992**

**955

Working population ****31.3%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 38.2% for men and 44.5% for women. 52% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 109 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 278 (39%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 114 (16%) · **■** Marginal 219 (30%)

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 Itahar

- Chandigram2,460 people
- Kotar2,450 people
- Kamardanga2,367 people
- Purba Durlabhpur2,365 people
- Kurmanpur2,263 people
- Bimalpara2,231 people
- Durgapur2,191 people
- Parbbatipur2,189 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tharais?2,309 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tharais in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tharais?41.3% (Census 2011)