# Dakshindihi Village, Jangipara, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Jangipara, Hugli 

# Dakshindihi

Dakshindihi is a village in Jangipara sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,557 people in 337 households**, the 49th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 1,557people (2011)
- 337households
- 85.0%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshindihi

Of every 100 households in Dakshindihi in 2011, 69 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dakshindihi · ■ Jangipara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**61%

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

**36%

Tap water ****2%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**25%

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

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**81%

Use banking services ****52%**

**49%

Television ****46%**

**38%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**15%

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

**2%

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

**11%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Dakshindihi?

■ Dakshindihi · ■ Jangipara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.0%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****678**

**952

Working population ****38.2%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.5% for men and 78.2% for women. 61% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 45 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (5%) · **■** Household industry 15 (3%) · **■** Other work 237 (40%) · **■** Marginal 266 (45%)

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 Jangipara

- Bilaspur1,646 people
- Raspur1,632 people
- Santoshpur1,619 people
- Dogachhia1,580 people
- Ranibazar1,546 people
- Mandaran Dilakash1,521 people
- Gultia1,415 people
- Kodalipoa1,367 people

[All 128 villages in Jangipara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/jangipara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshindihi?1,557 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshindihi in?Hugli district (Jangipara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshindihi?85.0% (Census 2011)