# Dakshin Jiala Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Jiala

Dakshin Jiala is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,458 people in 342 households**, the 101st largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 1,458people (2011)
- 342households
- 71.7%literacy
- 894females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Jiala

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Jiala in 2011, 22 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Jiala · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**19%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**56%

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

**5%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****18%**

**38%

Television ****4%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****23%**

**22%

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 Dakshin Jiala?

■ Dakshin Jiala · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.7%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****894**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****916**

**962

Working population ****33.4%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.2% for men and 64.4% for women. 59% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 180 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 173 (36%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 61 (13%) · **■** Marginal 64 (13%)

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 Bongaon

- Dakshin Kanakpur1,547 people
- Natidanga1,543 people
- Shubha Ratnapur1,532 people
- Madhabpur1,478 people
- Mendia1,448 people
- Hanidanga1,401 people
- Belgaria1,376 people
- Dhoramari1,333 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Jiala?1,458 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Jiala in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Jiala?71.7% (Census 2011)