# Dangi Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dangi

Dangi is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,041 people in 517 households**, the 18th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 2,041people (2011)
- 517households
- 61.7%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dangi

Of every 100 households in Dangi in 2011, 24 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dangi · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**65%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**90%

Use banking services ****33%**

**41%

Television ****18%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Dangi?

■ Dangi · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.7%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1054**

**965

Working population ****51.3%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.9% for men and 54.3% for women. 68% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 89 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 301 (29%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 394 (38%) · **■** Marginal 246 (23%)

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 Balurghat

- Mallikpur2,164 people
- Sarangoan2,115 people
- Sewai2,082 people
- Durllabhpur2,046 people
- Panditpur1,932 people
- Hazipur1,900 people
- Paranpur1,889 people
- Kaigram1,826 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dangi?2,041 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dangi in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dangi?61.7% (Census 2011)