# Dahakula Village, Nakashipara, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Nakashipara, Nadia 

# Dahakula

Dahakula is a village in Nakashipara sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,478 people in 574 households**, the 57th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.7%.

- 2,478people (2011)
- 574households
- 50.2%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dahakula

Of every 100 households in Dahakula in 2011, 11 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dahakula · ■ Nakashipara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**42%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**63%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****21%**

**23%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**39%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Dahakula?

■ Dahakula · ■ Nakashipara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.2%**

**62.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1076**

**968

Working population ****31.3%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.0% for men and 44.9% for women. 56% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 88 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 527 (68%) · **■** Household industry 19 (2%) · **■** Other work 22 (3%) · **■** Marginal 119 (15%)

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 Nakashipara

- Chandipur2,786 people
- Nischintapur2,745 people
- Jagannathpur2,664 people
- Raghunathpur2,598 people
- Bhabanipur2,438 people
- Sonadanga2,409 people
- Gopalpur2,400 people
- Malumgachha2,358 people

[All 107 villages in Nakashipara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/nakashipara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dahakula?2,478 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dahakula in?Nadia district (Nakashipara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dahakula?50.2% (Census 2011)