# Dakshin Bangaon Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Dakshin Bangaon

Dakshin Bangaon is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **365 people in 87 households**, the 160th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 365people (2011)
- 87households
- 71.4%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Bangaon

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Bangaon in 2011, 30 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Bangaon · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**85%

Use banking services ****23%**

**57%

Television ****15%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dakshin Bangaon?

■ Dakshin Bangaon · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.4%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**961

Working population ****43.6%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.8% for men and 65.9% for women. 65% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 15 (9%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 4 (3%) · **■** Marginal 139 (87%)

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

- Gopalpur385 people
- Madanpur383 people
- Altor380 people
- Bagdahari375 people
- Jagannathpur360 people
- Dakshin Amarpur353 people
- Arazi Suraipur349 people
- Byaspur346 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Bangaon?365 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Bangaon in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Bangaon?71.4% (Census 2011)