# Dankshira Village, Santipur, Nadia (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Santipur, Nadia 

# Dankshira

Dankshira is a village in Santipur sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,678 people in 400 households**, the 32nd largest of 54 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.5%.

- 1,678people (2011)
- 400households
- 64.6%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dankshira

Of every 100 households in Dankshira in 2011, 20 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dankshira · ■ Santipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**31%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**66%

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

**3%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****46%**

**28%

Television ****6%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**29%

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 Dankshira?

■ Dankshira · ■ Santipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.6%**

**69.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****840**

**963

Working population ****36.8%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.0% for men and 55.9% for women. 58% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 114 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 150 (24%) · **■** Household industry 86 (14%) · **■** Other work 56 (9%) · **■** Marginal 211 (34%)

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 Santipur

- Arbalda2,045 people
- Kadampur2,001 people
- Nabla1,890 people
- Denui1,733 people
- Raghunathpur1,648 people
- Bagalpur1,498 people
- Aluipara1,421 people
- Ballabhpur1,415 people

[All 65 villages in Santipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/santipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dankshira?1,678 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dankshira in?Nadia district (Santipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dankshira?64.6% (Census 2011)