# Dakshingaon Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dakshingaon

Dakshingaon is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **157 people in 37 households**, the 149th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 157people (2011)
- 37households
- 71.9%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshingaon

Of every 100 households in Dakshingaon in 2011, 76 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshingaon · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****30%**

**32%

Television ****22%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****3%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Dakshingaon?

■ Dakshingaon · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.9%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2000**

**972

Working population ****31.2%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 63.5% for women. 56% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 29 (59%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (22%) · **■** Other work 3 (6%) · **■** Marginal 6 (12%)

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 Bansihari

- Makrampur174 people
- Saidpur174 people
- Chakpara162 people
- Chak Chandmukh159 people
- Chhota Khidirpur154 people
- Banamalipur148 people
- Jotmusak143 people
- Rejatpur133 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshingaon?157 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshingaon in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshingaon?71.9% (Census 2011)