# Dhakna Gachh Village, Phansidewa, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Phansidewa, Darjiling 

# Dhakna Gachh

Dhakna Gachh is a village in Phansidewa sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **184 people in 34 households**, the 98th largest of 103 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.5%.

- 184people (2011)
- 34households
- 52.8%literacy
- 1,091females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhakna Gachh

Of every 100 households in Dhakna Gachh in 2011, 0 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhakna Gachh · ■ Phansidewa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**72%

Tap water ****11%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**53%

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

**6%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****14%**

**32%

Television ****14%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**8%

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

**2%

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

**20%

Own their home ****95%**

**82%

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 Dhakna Gachh?

■ Dhakna Gachh · ■ Phansidewa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.8%**

**64.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1091**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1273**

**972

Working population ****41.8%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.6% for men and 42.7% for women. 55% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 9 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (4%) · **■** Other work 50 (65%) · **■** Marginal 15 (19%)

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 Phansidewa

- Helakadam Chhat289 people
- Tarabari289 people
- Kadubhita205 people
- Bharia Dangir Chhat190 people
- Gangaram Maler Chhat109 people
- Sangatram85 people
- Turibhita69 people
- Mahideb40 people

[All 113 villages in Phansidewa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/phansidewa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhakna Gachh?184 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhakna Gachh in?Darjiling district (Phansidewa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhakna Gachh?52.8% (Census 2011)