# Dakshin Sole Village, Jhargram – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dakshin Sole

Dakshin Sole is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **503 people in 123 households**, the 108th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 503people (2011)
- 123households
- 85.5%literacy
- 1,079females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Sole

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Sole in 2011, 29 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Dakshin Sole · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****14%**

**34%

Television ****31%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dakshin Sole?

■ Dakshin Sole · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.5%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1079**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1267**

**979

Working population ****37.8%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.8% for men and 75.8% for women. 55% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 23 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (10%) · **■** Other work 112 (59%) · **■** Marginal 36 (19%)

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

- Bardanga508 people
- Kotusol508 people
- Rajaband505 people
- Metial504 people
- Narayanpur502 people
- Giria499 people
- Chhota Gahira493 people
- Nuagarh493 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Sole?503 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Sole in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Sole?85.5% (Census 2011)