# Dakshin Amria Village, Dantan - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dakshin Amria

Dakshin Amria is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,340 people in 357 households**, the 35th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 1,340people (2011)
- 357households
- 62.4%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Amria

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Amria in 2011, 71 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Amria · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**39%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****6%**

**62%

Television ****2%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**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 Amria?

■ Dakshin Amria · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.4%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1013**

**963

Working population ****36.9%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.4% for men and 53.1% for women. 57% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 39 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 214 (43%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 24 (5%) · **■** Marginal 216 (44%)

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 Dantan - I

- Uchadiha1,428 people
- Pundra1,385 people
- Jaypur1,347 people
- Sastanagar1,344 people
- Mirjapur1,336 people
- Maheshpur1,308 people
- Bhikubar1,276 people
- Palsandapur1,252 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Amria?1,340 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Amria in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Amria?62.4% (Census 2011)