# Dakshin Bengai Village, Midnapore – Population & Literacy

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Village · Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dakshin Bengai

Dakshin Bengai is a village in Midnapore sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,004 people in 205 households**, the 55th largest of 232 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 1,004people (2011)
- 205households
- 72.3%literacy
- 1,004females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Bengai

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Bengai in 2011, 77 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dakshin Bengai · ■ Midnapore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****77%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**90%

Use banking services ****32%**

**32%

Television ****22%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Bengai?

■ Dakshin Bengai · ■ Midnapore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1004**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****798**

**968

Working population ****42.0%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 63.7% for women. 63% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 92 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 206 (49%) · **■** Household industry 12 (3%) · **■** Other work 64 (15%) · **■** Marginal 48 (11%)

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 Midnapore

- Bhaluk Khulya1,034 people
- Shrirampur1,024 people
- Malida1,017 people
- Bhunyahata1,007 people
- Phulpahari967 people
- Intilika Chak959 people
- Kukurmuri942 people
- Chand Bhuniasol923 people

[All 271 villages in Midnapore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/midnapore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Bengai?1,004 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Bengai in?Paschim Medinipur district (Midnapore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Bengai?72.3% (Census 2011)