# Dakshin Ekdala Village, Illambazar, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Illambazar, Birbhum 

# Dakshin Ekdala

Dakshin Ekdala is a village in Illambazar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **364 people in 77 households**, the 107th largest of 127 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 364people (2011)
- 77households
- 63.5%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Ekdala

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Ekdala in 2011, 80 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Ekdala · ■ Illambazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**16%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**83%

Use banking services ****41%**

**42%

Television ****16%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Dakshin Ekdala?

■ Dakshin Ekdala · ■ Illambazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.5%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1050**

**947

Working population ****43.1%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.1% for men and 56.6% for women. 66% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 41 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (62%) · **■** Other work 17 (11%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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 Illambazar

- Tarapur443 people
- Muragachhi434 people
- Chak Paran424 people
- Panch Tentula391 people
- Palsa349 people
- Sabajpur335 people
- Shibpur331 people
- Pratappur324 people

[All 133 villages in Illambazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/illambazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Ekdala?364 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Ekdala in?Birbhum district (Illambazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Ekdala?63.5% (Census 2011)