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

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dakshin Arbana

Dakshin Arbana is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,445 people in 725 households**, the 4th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 3,445people (2011)
- 725households
- 79.4%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Arbana

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Arbana in 2011, 8 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Arbana · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**59%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**39%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****59%**

**97%

Use banking services ****54%**

**62%

Television ****6%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**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 Arbana?

■ Dakshin Arbana · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.4%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1016**

**963

Working population ****34.3%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.4% for men and 71.1% for women. 56% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 154 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 90 (8%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 94 (8%) · **■** Marginal 842 (71%)

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

- Sarrang4,925 people
- Shalikota4,327 people
- Kakrajit4,203 people
- Chak Ismailpur3,403 people
- Menakapur3,244 people
- Monoharpur2,884 people
- Raybar Uttar2,814 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 Arbana?3,445 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Arbana in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Arbana?79.4% (Census 2011)