# Dakshina Village, Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dakshina

Dakshina is a village in Jamboni sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **429 people in 101 households**, the 78th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.6%.

- 429people (2011)
- 101households
- 78.0%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshina

Of every 100 households in Dakshina in 2011, 24 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshina · ■ Jamboni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**26%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****10%**

**25%

Television ****4%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Dakshina?

■ Dakshina · ■ Jamboni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.0%**

**72.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1824**

**960

Working population ****56.9%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 68.3% for women. 67% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 50 (20%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 43 (18%) · **■** Marginal 98 (40%)

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 Jamboni

- Gaida456 people
- Jamunasol447 people
- Sangram446 people
- Amlatara434 people
- Salika429 people
- Asstapara424 people
- Kuryara407 people
- Baghua404 people

[All 338 villages in Jamboni](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jamboni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshina?429 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshina in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jamboni sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshina?78.0% (Census 2011)