# Doyasti Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Doyasti

Doyasti is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **555 people in 114 households**, the 107th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 555people (2011)
- 114households
- 81.5%literacy
- 875females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Doyasti

Of every 100 households in Doyasti in 2011, 4 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Doyasti · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**39%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****99%**

**62%

Television ****6%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Doyasti?

■ Doyasti · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.5%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****875**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****778**

**963

Working population ****35.1%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.8% for men and 71.0% for women. 54% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 51 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (4%) · **■** Other work 28 (14%) · **■** Marginal 108 (55%)

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

- Khanipur598 people
- Shijua595 people
- Mukundapur577 people
- Solakhia576 people
- Barampura547 people
- Dobisa543 people
- Dhalhara542 people
- Bahalia533 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 Doyasti?555 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Doyasti in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Doyasti?81.5% (Census 2011)