# Dangalsa Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dangalsa

Dangalsa is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,190 people in 1,001 households**, the 5th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 5,190people (2011)
- 1,001households
- 79.1%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dangalsa

Of every 100 households in Dangalsa in 2011, 59 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dangalsa · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****36%**

**60%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****26%**

**18%

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 Dangalsa?

■ Dangalsa · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.1%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****847**

**942

Working population ****35.4%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.0% for men and 70.6% for women. 54% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 267 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 374 (20%) · **■** Household industry 87 (5%) · **■** Other work 301 (16%) · **■** Marginal 809 (44%)

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 Pingla

- Maligram11,337 people
- Jalchak6,793 people
- Kshirai6,427 people
- Pingla5,253 people
- Pindrui4,384 people
- Naya3,960 people
- Beluria3,689 people
- Gobardhanpur3,665 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dangalsa?5,190 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dangalsa in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dangalsa?79.1% (Census 2011)