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

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dhankail

Dhankail is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,603 people in 618 households**, the 17th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 2,603people (2011)
- 618households
- 58.5%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhankail

Of every 100 households in Dhankail in 2011, 7 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhankail · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****10%**

**34%

Television ****6%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**20%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Dhankail?

■ Dhankail · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.5%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**969

Working population ****42.4%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.4% for men and 48.0% for women. 59% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 76 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 285 (26%) · **■** Household industry 34 (3%) · **■** Other work 508 (46%) · **■** Marginal 200 (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 Kaliaganj

- Tungail Bilpara3,094 people
- Bhandar3,078 people
- Palaibari2,706 people
- Mahinagar2,655 people
- Madhabpur2,477 people
- Ratan2,402 people
- Bhuinhara2,372 people
- Puria2,289 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhankail?2,603 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhankail in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhankail?58.5% (Census 2011)