# Dakai Village, Binpur - II, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Binpur - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dakai

Dakai is a village in Binpur - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **775 people in 178 households**, the 47th largest of 401 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 775people (2011)
- 178households
- 57.4%literacy
- 1,023females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakai

Of every 100 households in Dakai in 2011, 95 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakai · ■ Binpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****13%**

**26%

Television ****1%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Dakai?

■ Dakai · ■ Binpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.4%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1023**

**990

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1055**

**959

Working population ****66.2%**

**48.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.0% for men and 43.1% for women. 68% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 15 (3%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 493 (96%)

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 Binpur - II

- Kankrajhor817 people
- Bhandarpur812 people
- Raghunathpur805 people
- Gajpathar789 people
- Machhkandna774 people
- Khamar765 people
- Rupai751 people
- Loapara748 people

[All 469 villages in Binpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/binpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakai?775 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakai in?Paschim Medinipur district (Binpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakai?57.4% (Census 2011)