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

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Dakshin Sija

Dakshin Sija is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,786 people in 354 households**, the 25th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 1,786people (2011)
- 354households
- 81.6%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Sija

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Sija in 2011, 30 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Sija · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**85%

Use banking services ****66%**

**57%

Television ****20%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Sija?

■ Dakshin Sija · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.6%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****950**

**961

Working population ****33.4%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.2% for men and 77.7% for women. 54% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 209 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 126 (21%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 92 (15%) · **■** Marginal 166 (28%)

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

- Kanturi2,021 people
- Jiui1,942 people
- Bharamarkol1,913 people
- Kurumsaha1,790 people
- Digha1,724 people
- Uttar Bamnigaon1,663 people
- Uttar Kanaipur1,499 people
- Purba Siur1,477 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Sija?1,786 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Sija in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Sija?81.6% (Census 2011)