# Dashghara Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Dashghara

Dashghara is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,116 people in 784 households**, the 20th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 3,116people (2011)
- 784households
- 72.0%literacy
- 1,012females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dashghara

Of every 100 households in Dashghara in 2011, 50 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dashghara · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**48%

Tap water ****8%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**10%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****84%**

**58%

Television ****28%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**18%

Own their home ****73%**

**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 Dashghara?

■ Dashghara · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1012**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1013**

**962

Working population ****52.4%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.4% for men and 64.7% for women. 66% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 121 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 486 (30%) · **■** Household industry 29 (2%) · **■** Other work 377 (23%) · **■** Marginal 619 (38%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Chautara3,353 people
- Gangeshnagar3,333 people
- Kumrul3,324 people
- Rameswarbati3,272 people
- Paschim Narayanpur3,081 people
- Konan3,023 people
- Belmuri2,836 people
- Chopa2,821 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dashghara?3,116 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dashghara in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dashghara?72.0% (Census 2011)