# Dakshinbankati Village, Bankura - I, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - I, Bankura 

# Dakshinbankati

Dakshinbankati is a village in Bankura - I sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,312 people in 232 households**, the 18th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 1,312people (2011)
- 232households
- 74.6%literacy
- 1,022females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshinbankati

Of every 100 households in Dakshinbankati in 2011, 71 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshinbankati · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**25%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****54%**

**68%

Use banking services ****74%**

**35%

Television ****26%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Dakshinbankati?

■ Dakshinbankati · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.6%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1022**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1049**

**961

Working population ****27.5%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 66.8% for women. 52% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 172 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (6%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 142 (39%) · **■** Marginal 19 (5%)

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 Bankura - I

- Kargahir1,473 people
- Gauripur1,468 people
- Balia1,460 people
- Dhulidihi1,334 people
- Darpanagar1,307 people
- Gosaindihi1,302 people
- Chingra1,260 people
- Sanaband1,238 people

[All 150 villages in Bankura - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshinbankati?1,312 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshinbankati in?Bankura district (Bankura - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshinbankati?74.6% (Census 2011)