# Dhauta Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dhauta

Dhauta is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,579 people in 459 households**, the 43rd largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 2,579people (2011)
- 459households
- 57.3%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhauta

Of every 100 households in Dhauta in 2011, 18 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dhauta · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**78%

Tap water ****3%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****1%**

**19%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**28%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Dhauta?

■ Dhauta · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.3%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****988**

**943

Working population ****41.0%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.4% for men and 47.4% for women. 51% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 155 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 646 (61%) · **■** Household industry 210 (20%) · **■** Other work 17 (2%) · **■** Marginal 30 (3%)

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 Karandighi

- Kailara2,797 people
- Choprabari2,772 people
- Kamat2,766 people
- Chaunagara2,606 people
- Barhans2,542 people
- Pachim Mohanpur2,541 people
- Parua2,533 people
- Alianagar2,527 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhauta?2,579 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhauta in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhauta?57.3% (Census 2011)