# Dingal Village, Chandrakona - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chandrakona - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dingal

Dingal is a village in Chandrakona - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,465 people in 307 households**, the 29th largest of 126 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.9%.

- 1,465people (2011)
- 307households
- 81.3%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dingal

Of every 100 households in Dingal in 2011, 14 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dingal · ■ Chandrakona - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**53%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**66%

Tap water ****1%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****29%**

**32%

Television ****11%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**20%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Dingal?

■ Dingal · ■ Chandrakona - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.3%**

**78.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****788**

**950

Working population ****42.0%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.1% for men and 74.3% for women. 59% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 63 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 189 (31%) · **■** Household industry 44 (7%) · **■** Other work 103 (17%) · **■** Marginal 217 (35%)

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 Chandrakona - I

- Pirchak1,632 people
- Kashkuli1,581 people
- Birbhanpur1,568 people
- Jadabpur1,468 people
- Paikmajita1,408 people
- Bagchhari1,346 people
- Maheshpur1,331 people
- Sitarampur1,317 people

[All 132 villages in Chandrakona - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/chandrakona-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dingal?1,465 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dingal in?Paschim Medinipur district (Chandrakona - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dingal?81.3% (Census 2011)