# Dauka Village, Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dauka

Dauka is a village in Narayangarh sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **580 people in 129 households**, the 157th largest of 466 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 580people (2011)
- 129households
- 77.6%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dauka

Of every 100 households in Dauka in 2011, 67 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dauka · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**44%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**26%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**96%

Use banking services ****87%**

**61%

Television ****20%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**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 Dauka?

■ Dauka · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.6%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**942

Working population ****35.9%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 70.5% for women. 51% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 6 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (33%) · **■** Other work 39 (19%) · **■** Marginal 95 (46%)

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 Narayangarh

- Torra591 people
- Asanda587 people
- Keshipur587 people
- Uttar Karkara584 people
- Parijatpur566 people
- Chak Makrampur565 people
- Rampura556 people
- Kamargram548 people

[All 516 villages in Narayangarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/narayangarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dauka?580 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dauka in?Paschim Medinipur district (Narayangarh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dauka?77.6% (Census 2011)