# Dahipal Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dahipal

Dahipal is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **333 people in 72 households**, the 189th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 333people (2011)
- 72households
- 58.1%literacy
- 1,006females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dahipal

Of every 100 households in Dahipal in 2011, 53 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dahipal · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****36%**

**34%

Television ****15%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**17%

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 Dahipal?

■ Dahipal · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.1%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**979

Working population ****35.4%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.5% for men and 40.7% for women. 48% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 50 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (12%) · **■** Other work 5 (4%) · **■** Marginal 49 (42%)

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 Jhargram

- Niramispur337 people
- Jaralat336 people
- Mohanpur336 people
- Antapati335 people
- Dhulaburari332 people
- Lalgere332 people
- Bakra329 people
- Bhiring Pur329 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dahipal?333 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dahipal in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dahipal?58.1% (Census 2011)