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'{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Dafahat | other_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Census Town | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India | coordinates = {{coord|24.63|N|88.02|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]] | subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]] | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = 15,688 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]] | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] | postal_code = 742224 | registration_plate = WB | blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency | blank1_info_sec1 = [[Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jangipur]] | blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency | blank2_info_sec1 = [[Suti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Suti]] | website = | footnotes = }} '''Dafahat''' is a [[census town]] of '''Aurangabad''' in [[Suti II]] CD Block in [[Jangipur subdivision]] of [[Murshidabad district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. ==Geography== Dafahat is located at {{Coord|24.63|N|88.02|E|}}.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=24.62776&lon=88.01839&zoom=15&q1=Dafahat%252C%2520Murshidabad%252C%2520West%2520Bengal |title = Yahoo maps location of Dafahat |publisher = Yahoo maps |accessdate = 2009-01-04 }}</ref> ==CD Block HQ== The headquarters of [[Suti II]] CD Block are located at Dafahat.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1907_PART_A_DCHB_MURSHIDABAD.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Murshidabad, Series 20 Part XII A | work= Map of Murshidabad with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fourth page). |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | accessdate = 27 August 2017}}</ref> ==Demographics== As per the [[2011 Census of India]], Dafahat had a total population of 15,688, of which 7,817 (50%) were males and 7,871 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 3,185. The total number of literates in Dafahat was 7,382 (59.04% of the population over 6 years). <ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | accessdate = 14 October 2015}}</ref> {{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Dafahat had a population of 11,323. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Dafahat has an average literacy rate of 36%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 44% and female literacy is 27%. In Dafahat, 22% of the population is under 6 years of age. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Murshidabad District}} [[Category:Cities and towns in Murshidabad district]] {{Murshidabad-geo-stub}}'