# Dongalan Village, Indus, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Indus, Bankura 

# Dongalan

Dongalan is a village in Indus sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,182 people in 742 households**, the 9th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 3,182people (2011)
- 742households
- 61.2%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dongalan

Of every 100 households in Dongalan in 2011, 27 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dongalan · ■ Indus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**80%

Use banking services ****74%**

**39%

Television ****17%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Dongalan?

■ Dongalan · ■ Indus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.2%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1078**

**964

Working population ****47.8%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.7% for men and 51.6% for women. 61% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 178 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 389 (26%) · **■** Household industry 85 (6%) · **■** Other work 186 (12%) · **■** Marginal 682 (45%)

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 Indus

- Rol3,858 people
- Karisunda3,608 people
- Betanal3,580 people
- Gopal Nagar3,440 people
- Dighal Gram3,033 people
- Bamania2,918 people
- Adparakumrul2,863 people
- Birshimul2,815 people

[All 131 villages in Indus](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/indus/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dongalan?3,182 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dongalan in?Bankura district (Indus sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dongalan?61.2% (Census 2011)