# Dakshin Panchpota Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Panchpota

Dakshin Panchpota is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,828 people in 628 households**, the 46th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 2,828people (2011)
- 628households
- 84.3%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Panchpota

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Panchpota in 2011, 17 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Panchpota · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****88%**

**56%

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

**5%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****22%**

**38%

Television ****10%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Panchpota?

■ Dakshin Panchpota · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.3%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1028**

**962

Working population ****41.6%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 79.5% for women. 60% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 249 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 392 (33%) · **■** Household industry 21 (2%) · **■** Other work 190 (16%) · **■** Marginal 324 (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 Bongaon

- Akaipur2,979 people
- Paschim Panchbaria2,969 people
- Manikpol2,948 people
- Dakshin Sundarpur2,844 people
- Patshimulia2,796 people
- Dharmmapukuria2,776 people
- Ambarpur2,734 people
- Ghatbaor2,711 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 Panchpota?2,828 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Panchpota in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Panchpota?84.3% (Census 2011)