# Dhengashimul Village, Taldangra, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Taldangra, Bankura 

# Dhengashimul

Dhengashimul is a village in Taldangra sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,232 people in 261 households**, the 36th largest of 141 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,232people (2011)
- 261households
- 66.9%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhengashimul

Of every 100 households in Dhengashimul in 2011, 32 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhengashimul · ■ Taldangra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**85%

Tap water ****5%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****65%**

**88%

Use banking services ****85%**

**59%

Television ****15%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**19%

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 Dhengashimul?

■ Dhengashimul · ■ Taldangra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.9%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****985**

**978

Working population ****48.9%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 54.0% for women. 56% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 125 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 221 (37%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 45 (7%) · **■** Marginal 204 (34%)

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 Taldangra

- Kajla1,328 people
- Douni1,297 people
- Harakona1,290 people
- Kadma1,286 people
- Kusmi1,225 people
- Jarkapaksara1,221 people
- Mahada1,214 people
- Murakati1,190 people

[All 145 villages in Taldangra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/taldangra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhengashimul?1,232 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhengashimul in?Bankura district (Taldangra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhengashimul?66.9% (Census 2011)