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

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Dakshin Naogaon

Dakshin Naogaon is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **598 people in 132 households**, the 122nd largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 598people (2011)
- 132households
- 65.4%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Naogaon

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Naogaon in 2011, 66 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Naogaon · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**37%

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

**17%

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

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**85%

Use banking services ****59%**

**57%

Television ****18%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Naogaon?

■ Dakshin Naogaon · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.4%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****740**

**961

Working population ****32.9%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.0% for men and 59.8% for women. 57% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 43 (22%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 151 (77%)

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

- Salgaria621 people
- Rupadihi619 people
- Mathurapur614 people
- Jamkola603 people
- Sanguldihi598 people
- Garurpur592 people
- Patharghata592 people
- Baduria582 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Naogaon?598 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Naogaon in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Naogaon?65.4% (Census 2011)