# Dakshinsol Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Dakshinsol

Dakshinsol is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **176 people in 36 households**, the 143rd largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 176people (2011)
- 36households
- 47.4%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshinsol

Of every 100 households in Dakshinsol in 2011, 6 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshinsol · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**35%

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

**1%

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

**75%

Use banking services ****3%**

**53%

Television ****0%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**22%

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 Dakshinsol?

■ Dakshinsol · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.4%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**948

Working population ****43.2%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.2% for men and 36.4% for women. 42% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 4 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (84%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 2 (3%) · **■** Marginal 5 (7%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Kutem Adhabpur209 people
- Kubir Bandh196 people
- Hurhurjangar189 people
- Samanta Bandi188 people
- Gopdanga170 people
- Siltya164 people
- Paschim Nabasan150 people
- Amghata103 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshinsol?176 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshinsol in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshinsol?47.4% (Census 2011)