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

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Darra

Darra is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,688 people in 410 households**, the 32nd largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 1,688people (2011)
- 410households
- 65.7%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Darra

Of every 100 households in Darra in 2011, 26 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Darra · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**32%

Tap water ****7%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****72%**

**60%

Television ****10%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****27%**

**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 Darra?

■ Darra · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.7%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1062**

**942

Working population ****43.0%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.8% for men and 58.5% for women. 62% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 80 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (1%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 25 (3%) · **■** Marginal 607 (84%)

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

- Lakshmi Pari1,856 people
- Dhaneshwarpur Paschim Bar1,852 people
- Kusumda1,836 people
- Bara Khelna1,793 people
- Nungodar1,658 people
- Abdulla1,568 people
- Chak Chandi1,561 people
- Dangra1,547 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Darra?1,688 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Darra in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Darra?65.7% (Census 2011)