# Durga Prasad Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Durga Prasad

Durga Prasad is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,755 people in 401 households**, the 50th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 1,755people (2011)
- 401households
- 82.8%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durga Prasad

Of every 100 households in Durga Prasad in 2011, 63 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Durga Prasad · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**48%

Tap water ****34%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**84%

Use banking services ****88%**

**58%

Television ****42%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Durga Prasad?

■ Durga Prasad · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.8%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****934**

**962

Working population ****48.9%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.1% for men and 75.0% for women. 60% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 51 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 210 (24%) · **■** Household industry 29 (3%) · **■** Other work 217 (25%) · **■** Marginal 351 (41%)

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

- Gopikantapur1,968 people
- Gurbari1,898 people
- Deulpara1,835 people
- Uttar Abhirampur1,779 people
- Radha Nagar1,746 people
- Pora Bazar1,740 people
- Balidanga1,731 people
- Muidipur1,731 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durga Prasad?1,755 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durga Prasad in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durga Prasad?82.8% (Census 2011)