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

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dangra

Dangra is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,547 people in 359 households**, the 36th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 1,547people (2011)
- 359households
- 81.3%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dangra

Of every 100 households in Dangra in 2011, 39 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dangra · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**95%

Use banking services ****94%**

**60%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****30%**

**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 Dangra?

■ Dangra · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.3%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****859**

**942

Working population ****44.1%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 72.1% for women. 61% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 79 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 278 (41%) · **■** Other work 85 (12%) · **■** Marginal 241 (35%)

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

- Darra1,688 people
- Nungodar1,658 people
- Abdulla1,568 people
- Chak Chandi1,561 people
- Panchthupi1,486 people
- Kultapara1,452 people
- Rautarapur1,425 people
- Ujan1,415 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dangra?1,547 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dangra in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dangra?81.3% (Census 2011)