# Dhwaja Pushkarini Village, Kaliganj, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliganj, Nadia 

# Dhwaja Pushkarini

Dhwaja Pushkarini is a village in Kaliganj sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,189 people in 284 households**, the 65th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 1,189people (2011)
- 284households
- 65.1%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhwaja Pushkarini

Of every 100 households in Dhwaja Pushkarini in 2011, 24 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dhwaja Pushkarini · ■ Kaliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**52%

Tap water ****56%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**61%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****6%**

**26%

Television ****7%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Dhwaja Pushkarini?

■ Dhwaja Pushkarini · ■ Kaliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.1%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**967

Working population ****32.8%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.4% for men and 63.7% for women. 51% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 41 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 158 (41%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 81 (21%) · **■** Marginal 109 (28%)

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 Kaliganj

- Anantapur1,366 people
- Bhaga1,297 people
- Dakshin Hajrapota1,236 people
- Sapjola1,229 people
- Chakundi1,186 people
- Naopara1,175 people
- Arar Bege1,163 people
- Serpur1,157 people

[All 125 villages in Kaliganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/kaliganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhwaja Pushkarini?1,189 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhwaja Pushkarini in?Nadia district (Kaliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhwaja Pushkarini?65.1% (Census 2011)