# Dahiakanda Village, Goghat - I, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Goghat - I, Hugli 

# Dahiakanda

Dahiakanda is a village in Goghat - I sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,800 people in 405 households**, the 25th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.7%.

- 1,800people (2011)
- 405households
- 84.3%literacy
- 871females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dahiakanda

Of every 100 households in Dahiakanda in 2011, 66 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dahiakanda · ■ Goghat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**39%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****31%**

**44%

Television ****24%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**15%

Own their home ****94%**

**98%

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 Dahiakanda?

■ Dahiakanda · ■ Goghat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.3%**

**78.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****871**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****742**

**941

Working population ****50.0%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.5% for men and 77.3% for women. 65% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 316 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 256 (28%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 95 (11%) · **■** Marginal 230 (26%)

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 Goghat - I

- Darinakunda2,041 people
- Madina1,877 people
- Radhaballabhpur1,860 people
- Golpur1,846 people
- Nabasan1,797 people
- Raghubati1,785 people
- Belibela1,751 people
- Bijalkona1,702 people

[All 99 villages in Goghat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/goghat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dahiakanda?1,800 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dahiakanda in?Hugli district (Goghat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dahiakanda?84.3% (Census 2011)