# Dakshinadiha Village, Keshiary – Population & Literacy

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Village · Keshiary, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dakshinadiha

Dakshinadiha is a village in Keshiary sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,304 people in 313 households**, the 31st largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.8%.

- 1,304people (2011)
- 313households
- 73.4%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshinadiha

Of every 100 households in Dakshinadiha in 2011, 35 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshinadiha · ■ Keshiary rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**35%

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

**32%

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

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****29%**

**41%

Television ****8%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**24%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Dakshinadiha?

■ Dakshinadiha · ■ Keshiary rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**76.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**955

Working population ****43.6%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.2% for men and 64.6% for women. 60% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 146 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 287 (50%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 22 (4%) · **■** Marginal 113 (20%)

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 Keshiary

- Baramara1,369 people
- Kan Pur1,359 people
- Amgerya1,335 people
- Napo1,316 people
- Kanchanpur1,232 people
- Jatikrishnapur1,229 people
- Beniadiha1,202 people
- Gobra Gerya1,177 people

[All 220 villages in Keshiary](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshiary/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshinadiha?1,304 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshinadiha in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshiary sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshinadiha?73.4% (Census 2011)