# Dakshin Dhankhal Village, Daspur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Daspur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dakshin Dhankhal

Dakshin Dhankhal is a village in Daspur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **768 people in 167 households**, the 120th largest of 157 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.0%.

- 768people (2011)
- 167households
- 80.3%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Dhankhal

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Dhankhal in 2011, 34 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Dhankhal · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**38%

Tap water ****2%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****8%**

**59%

Television ****18%**

**36%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**13%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dhankhal?

■ Dakshin Dhankhal · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**84.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****956**

**972

Working population ****34.5%**

**41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 74.0% for women. 63% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 73 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 90 (34%) · **■** Other work 38 (14%) · **■** Marginal 64 (24%)

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 Daspur - I

- Paikanbalia788 people
- Jot Gauranga781 people
- Anantapur772 people
- Pukurdana770 people
- Makarampur767 people
- Banshkhal759 people
- Jalalpur757 people
- Sitakundu751 people

[All 162 villages in Daspur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/daspur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Dhankhal?768 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Dhankhal in?Paschim Medinipur district (Daspur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Dhankhal?80.3% (Census 2011)