# Dhamja Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dhamja

Dhamja is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,332 people in 284 households**, the 58th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,332people (2011)
- 284households
- 58.8%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhamja

Of every 100 households in Dhamja in 2011, 26 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dhamja · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**46%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**96%

Use banking services ****14%**

**34%

Television ****12%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**20%

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 Dhamja?

■ Dhamja · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.8%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****820**

**969

Working population ****37.5%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.9% for men and 51.7% for women. 59% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 285 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (19%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 40 (8%) · **■** Marginal 79 (16%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Chak Dilal1,399 people
- Baikunthapur1,372 people
- Kaludanga1,367 people
- Natuadangi1,365 people
- Harekrishnapur1,320 people
- Bhelai1,294 people
- Dakshin Krishnapur1,279 people
- Beurjhari1,259 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhamja?1,332 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhamja in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhamja?58.8% (Census 2011)