# Dakatiapota Village, Nawda, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Nawda, Murshidabad 

# Dakatiapota

Dakatiapota is a village in Nawda sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,655 people in 607 households**, the 22nd largest of 28 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 2,655people (2011)
- 607households
- 77.3%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakatiapota

Of every 100 households in Dakatiapota in 2011, 55 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakatiapota · ■ Nawda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**52%

Tap water ****3%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**64%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****18%**

**29%

Television ****20%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dakatiapota?

■ Dakatiapota · ■ Nawda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.3%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1212**

**969

Working population ****34.5%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 73.4% for women. 59% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 390 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 201 (22%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 46 (5%) · **■** Marginal 268 (29%)

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 Nawda

- Alampur6,267 people
- Gangadhari5,268 people
- Dudhsar4,562 people
- Sakua3,450 people
- Paresnathpur2,264 people
- Ghoramara2,111 people
- Sibnagar1,869 people
- Chandabad1,811 people

[All 39 villages in Nawda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/nawda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakatiapota?2,655 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakatiapota in?Murshidabad district (Nawda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakatiapota?77.3% (Census 2011)