# Dalang Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dalang

Dalang is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,440 people in 460 households**, the 11th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 2,440people (2011)
- 460households
- 67.1%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dalang

Of every 100 households in Dalang in 2011, 67 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dalang · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**56%

Tap water ****3%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****26%**

**58%

Television ****16%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**18%

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 Dalang?

■ Dalang · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.1%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****910**

**960

Working population ****36.7%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.6% for men and 57.3% for women. 56% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 394 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 190 (21%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 49 (5%) · **■** Marginal 260 (29%)

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 Keshpur

- Jagannathpur2,932 people
- Amrakuchi2,598 people
- Maharajpur2,566 people
- Panchami2,499 people
- Kanashol2,355 people
- Ichhai Pur2,352 people
- Uchahar2,338 people
- Manjuria2,309 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dalang?2,440 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dalang in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dalang?67.1% (Census 2011)