# Dangia Village, Darjeeling Pulbazar, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Darjeeling Pulbazar, Darjiling 

# Dangia

Dangia is a village in Darjeeling Pulbazar sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,768 people in 396 households**, the 23rd largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.6%.

- 1,768people (2011)
- 396households
- 72.3%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dangia

Of every 100 households in Dangia in 2011, 23 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dangia · ■ Darjeeling Pulbazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**34%

Tap water ****0%**

**31%

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

**5%

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

**23%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**75%

Use banking services ****18%**

**47%

Television ****9%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****72%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**83%

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 Dangia?

■ Dangia · ■ Darjeeling Pulbazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**80.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**940

Working population ****45.1%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 62.6% for women. 57% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 235 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 162 (20%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 71 (9%) · **■** Marginal 319 (40%)

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 Darjeeling Pulbazar

- Darjiling2,270 people
- Singbhumdera2,192 people
- Murmidong2,181 people
- Samalbong2,077 people
- Banockburn Tea Garden1,725 people
- Rishihat Tea Garden1,651 people
- Singalila Forest1,632 people
- Jhepi1,576 people

[All 43 villages in Darjeeling Pulbazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/darjeeling-pulbazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dangia?1,768 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dangia in?Darjiling district (Darjeeling Pulbazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dangia?72.3% (Census 2011)