# Dashghara Village, Goghat - II, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Goghat - II, Hugli 

# Dashghara

Dashghara is a village in Goghat - II sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,458 people in 311 households**, the 39th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.2%.

- 1,458people (2011)
- 311households
- 83.6%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dashghara

Of every 100 households in Dashghara in 2011, 78 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dashghara · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**36%

Tap water ****1%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**85%

Use banking services ****54%**

**40%

Television ****42%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**11%

Own their home ****96%**

**97%

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 · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.6%**

**77.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****688**

**922

Working population ****36.1%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 78.2% for women. 56% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 120 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 110 (21%) · **■** Other work 192 (37%) · **■** Marginal 104 (20%)

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 - II

- Sinrapur1,629 people
- Ashpur1,548 people
- Jotchandi1,505 people
- Uttar Sainte1,467 people
- Pukhuria1,446 people
- Tilari1,444 people
- Satberia1,378 people
- Datpur1,332 people

[All 112 villages in Goghat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/goghat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dashghara?1,458 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dashghara in?Hugli district (Goghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dashghara?83.6% (Census 2011)