# Dakshin Panch Pota Village, Chakdah, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Chakdah, Nadia 

# Dakshin Panch Pota

Dakshin Panch Pota is a village in Chakdah sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,558 people in 341 households**, the 82nd largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.3%.

- 1,558people (2011)
- 341households
- 83.9%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Panch Pota

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Panch Pota in 2011, 15 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Panch Pota · ■ Chakdah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**16%

Tap water ****96%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**48%

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

**9%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****30%**

**38%

Television ****8%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**19%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dakshin Panch Pota?

■ Dakshin Panch Pota · ■ Chakdah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.9%**

**78.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**937

Working population ****31.1%**

**35.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 78.8% for women. 57% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 398 (82%) · **■** Farm labourers 59 (12%) · **■** Other work 18 (4%) · **■** Marginal 10 (2%)

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 Chakdah

- Krishnapur1,653 people
- Tentul Baria1,613 people
- Jaykrishnapur1,583 people
- Kugachhi1,573 people
- Ballabhpur1,519 people
- Iswaripur1,511 people
- Dighra1,494 people
- Dogachhia1,378 people

[All 148 villages in Chakdah](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/chakdah/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Panch Pota?1,558 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Panch Pota in?Nadia district (Chakdah sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Panch Pota?83.9% (Census 2011)