# Daikota Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Daikota

Daikota is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **434 people in 105 households**, the 152nd largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 434people (2011)
- 105households
- 63.3%literacy
- 1,047females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Daikota

Of every 100 households in Daikota in 2011, 44 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Daikota · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**82%

Tap water ****10%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**85%

Use banking services ****71%**

**57%

Television ****23%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**33%

Own their home ****86%**

**95%

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 Daikota?

■ Daikota · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.3%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1047**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1765**

**961

Working population ****46.8%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.3% for men and 54.2% for women. 64% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 39 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (48%) · **■** Other work 60 (30%) · **■** Marginal 7 (3%)

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 Sainthia

- Kala466 people
- Udha459 people
- Balia Chandi456 people
- Suraipur438 people
- Bhabaipur424 people
- Nimgaria398 people
- Srirampur389 people
- Gopalpur385 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Daikota?434 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Daikota in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Daikota?63.3% (Census 2011)