# Dandeswarpur Village, Jhargram – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dandeswarpur

Dandeswarpur is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **55 people in 14 households**, the 432nd largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 55people (2011)
- 14households
- 78.4%literacy
- 667females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dandeswarpur

Of every 100 households in Dandeswarpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dandeswarpur · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****29%**

**34%

Television ****0%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**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 Dandeswarpur?

■ Dandeswarpur · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****667**

**979

Working population ****63.6%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.4% for men and 86.4% for women. 58% of men and 73% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 4 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (9%) · **■** Marginal 28 (80%)

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

- Shirish Bani60 people
- Barpani59 people
- Poradiha59 people
- Jangal Khas56 people
- Mahul Bani53 people
- Chhota Kashitarya52 people
- Pindra Sol52 people
- Ghagra Bhola51 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dandeswarpur?55 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dandeswarpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dandeswarpur?78.4% (Census 2011)