# Dangal Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Dangal

Dangal is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,622 people in 389 households**, the 31st largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,622people (2011)
- 389households
- 66.9%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dangal

Of every 100 households in Dangal in 2011, 55 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dangal · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**17%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**92%

Use banking services ****96%**

**55%

Television ****28%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****28%**

**32%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Dangal?

■ Dangal · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

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

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****944**

**975

Working population ****39.8%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.7% for men and 58.3% for women. 58% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 126 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 112 (17%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 118 (18%) · **■** Marginal 282 (44%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Malancha1,960 people
- Ratma1,838 people
- Parulia1,814 people
- Kanaipur1,706 people
- Mahula1,589 people
- Nandura1,583 people
- Rukunpur1,515 people
- Matmahula1,453 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dangal?1,622 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dangal in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dangal?66.9% (Census 2011)